2:24 PM ET Novak Djokovic is out of the Monte Carlo Masters after defeat to Daniil Medvedev Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Novak Djokovic has been eliminated from the Monte Carlo Masters after losing his quarterfinal 3-6, 6-4, 2-6 to No. 10 seed Daniil Medvedev. The world No. 1 fought back to level the match after losing the
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4:39 PM ET Champion Rafael Nadal and top-ranked Novak Djokovic turned in impressive displays to reach the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals on Thursday. 1 Related Nadal, chasing a record-extending 12th Monte Carlo title, broke Grigor Dimitrov‘s serve on four occasions to defeat the Bulgarian 6-4 6-1. After recovering from two break points down in his
3:34 PM ET Associated Press MONACO — Back on his favorite surface, Rafael Nadal showed no lingering effects of a recent injury as he breezed into the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters Wednesday with a 6-1, 6-1 win against Roberto Bautista Agut. Nadal was making his season debut on clay and playing his
8:48 AM ET Juan Martin del Potro will soon be back among us, belting those monstrous forehands and serves, unless things go horribly wrong. In Del Potro’s case, that worst-case scenario is an omnipresent possibility. The Argentinian star is entered in the upcoming Madrid Masters tournament (May 5-12). Apart from an aborted February comeback, it
7:00 PM ET World number one Novak Djokovic took out his frustration on the racket in a scrappy performance but did enough to overcome German Philipp Kohlschreiber in a 6-3 4-6 6-4 win in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday. The Serb, who received a first round bye, clinched the first
10:16 AM ET Simon Cambers We have been here before. When Rafael Nadal begins his clay-court season at the Rolex Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday, he will do so with a few doubts hanging in the air about his fitness, namely whether his ailing knees will be ready for the rigors of the red stuff.
2:24 PM ET Associated Press Denis Shapovalov‘s clay-court campaign got off to a poor start as he lost 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 to Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Monday. The 20-year-old Shapovalov arrived after a good run on hard courts at the Miami Open, where he lost to Roger
11:42 AM ET Simon Cambers MONTE CARLO — Few men have experienced anything like the highs Novak Djokovic has enjoyed in his career, from the career Grand Slam to reaching No. 1 in the world rankings to winning each of the nine Masters 1000 events. Next month, Djokovic will go into the French Open with
6:58 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Christian Garin of Chile won the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship on Sunday for his first ATP World Tour title, beating Casper Ruud of Norway 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3. Nearly six years after winning the French Open Juniors title, the 22-year-old Garin finally broke through on the tour,
5:13 PM ET ESPN News Services In opening first-round play Sunday at the Monte Carlo Masters, there were wins for three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland, ninth-seeded Borna Coric of Croatia, Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and Argentine Guido Pella. Wawrinka, the 2014 champion, advanced with a 7-5, 6-3 victory against Lucas Pouille — who