Djokovic gets the chance to avenge the loss of Tabilo in Monte Carlo

Monaco – Novak Djokovic will get the chance to avenge one of the more surprising losses of his career. The 24-time Grand Slam champion will compete in his opening game of Monte Carlo Masters with the 32nd Alejandro Tabilo.

Tabilo gathered on the 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka 1-6, 7-5, 7: 5 in the first round Monday to achieve the second round with Djokovic, which he defeated last year with the Italian Open. Djokovic, who had an bye in the first round in Monte Carlo, won only five games against Tabilo in Rome. It will be Djokovic’s first match since they lost the Miami Open final against Jakub Mensik.

Later on Monday, Daniil Medwedev, who at a slow start from 2025, in which he fell out of the top 10, won a 7-5, 4-6, 6: 4 against the Russian colleague Karen Khachanov. Both players had plenty of chances of gaining points on the other’s surcharge, but nobody took advantage of it. Medwedev, the seed No. 9, converted nine out of 20 Break chances, while Khachanov was redeemed eight out of 16.

Medvedev could have completed the match early, a set and 4: 1 in the second, but Khachanov stumbled five games in a row to grab the set and bind the match. But it was the services that Khachanov ultimately derailed. Khachanov, which serves in the last sentence 5-4, lost the serve and handed Medledew the match.

Medvedev, whose service was broken three times in the third set, took four service breaks in the same stanza of the 2-hour, 51-minute game. He also had to fight through cramps and fell off the pitch at the end of the game. The Russian next faces Alexandre Muller, who defeated the qualification game Camilo Ugo Carabelli from Argentina 6-4, 6-4.

Ben Shelton, the No. 11 seeds, was also switched off by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-1 by Alejandro Davidovich. The Spaniard has not won a title since 2022, but has reached the final in Delray Beach and Acapulco this season.

Also in the second round was Italy’s Matteo Berrettini, who defeated the Mariano-Marine of Argentina in 1 hour and 48 minutes with 6: 4, 6: 4. His next opponent will be top -seed Alexander Zverev from Germany. Berrettini came out in her last meeting at the grass courts in Wimbledon in 2023.

Another Italian, Lorenzo Musetti, Lorenzo Musetti, defeated China’s Yunchchaokete Bu 4-6, 7-5, 6: 3 to build a match in the second round with Czech Jiri Lehecka, Sebastian Korda 6-3, 7-6 (7). In the meantime, Canadas Felix Auger-Aliaside, the seed No. 16, fell to the qualification game Daniel Altmaier from Germany, who achieved a 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory, and Marcos Giron led Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 7-6 (5).

Monte Carlo Masters is the first big tournament of the year of the year.

In this report, information from Associated Press and Reuters was used.