Monte-Carlo
Mahut/Roger-Vasselin edge Gonzalez/Skupski in Monte-Carlo
Fritz/Rune save MP, upset Koolhof/Mektic to succeed in quarter-finals
April 09, 2024
Corinne Dubreuil/ATP Tour
Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in motion Tuesday on the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.
By ATP Employees
Tuesday, ninth April
Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin held their nerve for a powerful opening victory on Tuesday on the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.
The all-French duo downed fifth seeds Santiago Gonzalez and Neal Skupski 6-3, 7-6(7) in a heavy-hitting first-round conflict on the ATP Masters 1000 occasion in Monaco. Mahut and Roger-Vasselin saved all 4 break factors they confronted within the match, in line with Infosys ATP Stats, and likewise rescued the second-set tie-break when set level down at 6/7 earlier than sealing their win.
The 2016 Monte-Carlo champion Mahut and his associate Roger-Vasselin will subsequent tackle residence favorite Romain Arneodo and Austrian Sam Weissborn. The 2023 finalists booked their second-round spot within the Principality with a 7-6(0), 7-6(2) triumph in opposition to Ugo Humbert and Fabrice Martin.
Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori had been additionally straight-sets winners on Tuesday. The Italians downed Arthur Rinderknech and Valentin Vacherot 7-6(5), 6-2 to set a maiden Lexus ATP Head2Head conflict with eighth seeds Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni.
Within the last match of the day, singles stars Taylor Fritz and Holger Rune continued their doubles run in Monte-Carlo by upsetting the in-form Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic 4-6, 6-3, 12/10. Fritz and Rune saved a match level at 8/9 within the Match Tie-break earlier than rallying to a 93-minute second-round triumph.
Monday, eighth April
Singles stars Taylor Fritz and Holger Rune earned a first-round doubles win on the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters Monday after they moved previous Lloyd Glasspool and Jean-Julien Rojer 6-3, 6-3.
It’s the second time Fritz and Rune have teamed in Monte-Carlo after they reached the quarter-finals final yr.
Italian singles stars Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Sonego claimed the primary set in opposition to Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen earlier than the Belgian duo rebounded to win 6-7(3), 7-5, 10-7.
Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic began their quest for his or her fourth trophy of the season with a 7-5, 5-7, 10-7 win in opposition to Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski after two hours. The seventh seeds will subsequent play Fritz and Rune.
Individuals Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow superior, defeating Jamie Murray and Michael Venus 6-4, 6-4. Lammons and Withrow are chasing their first title of the season collectively this week.
Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni additionally received, beating Nicolas Jarry and Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-3. The eighth seeds received a title on clay in Cordoba earlier this yr.
Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen moved previous Italians Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Sonego 6-7(3), 7-5, 10-7. Sinner will make face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina or Sebastian Korda in his opening-round singles match in Monte-Carlo.
Sunday, seventh April
Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic made a profitable begin on the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters on Sunday after they moved previous singles stars Grigor Dimitrov and Sebastian Korda 6-4, 6-4.
The El Salvador-Croatian group received 84 per cent (27/32) of their first-serve factors and saved each break factors they confronted to triumph after 77 minutes. Arevalo and Pavic will subsequent play high seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden.
Earlier this season, Arevalo and Pavic received the title on the ATP 250 hard-court occasion in Hong Kong.
Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev additionally superior, defeating Daniil Medvedev and Roman Safiullin 7-6(1), 6-2.