Monte Carlo Masters 2024 Day 4 Recap

On a rain-affected day 4 of the 2024 Monte Carlo Masters, Jannik Sinner made a speedy begin to his clay court docket marketing campaign, sweeping apart Seb Korda in simply over an hour to bag his twenty-third win of the season.

Daniil Medvedev, Casper Ruud, Hubert Hurkacz, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alex de Minaur, and Karen Khachanov had been different seeds to hitch Sinner within the final sixteen. With solely the 2 latter being pushed to 3 units.

The large casualty of the day was defending champion and sixth seed Andrey Rublev, who crashed out to Alexei Popyrin 4-6 4-6 to proceed his disappointing run in current weeks.

There have been additionally two unfinished matches. Holger Rune and Grigor Dimitrov should full their matches tomorrow as rain prematurely ended play within the early night. They lead by one set to like towards Sumit Nagal and Miomir Kecmanovic, respectively.

Happily, the 2 are seeded to satisfy within the final sixteen, making it honest for each gamers who will take to the court docket after appropriate relaxation, assuming they each progress.

You’ll be able to see the whole record of outcomes and highlights under.

Day 4 2024 Monte Carlo Masters Spherical of 32 Outcomes

Popyrin Routs Rublev

Defending champion Andrey Rublev hasn’t had the very best previous couple of months on tour. Since his default in Dubai, he’s gained only one match throughout three tournaments, his newest ending with a 4-6 4-6 loss to Alexei Popyrin.

The Aussie is understood for his hard-hitting sport, and whereas he certainly produced some pure ball hanging on the backhand, his determination to combine up his play caught Rublev out a number of occasions.

Dropshots, specifically, proved efficient, and he prevented Rublev from establishing a lot rhythm from the baseline, firing 25 winners en path to victory in 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Has the Dubai default rattled Rublev mentally?

I loved popping out on centre court docket for the primary time. This was my first event on clay of the yr, and I’ve good reminiscences from final yr. I really feel comfy on it and comfortable to beat a man who was in kind, assured, and the defending champion. It was an superior match. The concept was to not give him the identical ball. He’s most likely the very best participant from the baseline whenever you give him rhythm, so I attempted to alter the tempo, top and spin, and I feel it labored effectively for me at the moment. Popyrin on his spectacular win.

Sinner Crushes Korda

Given Sinner’s imperious kind on laborious courts, I used to be to see if he may transition that kind onto the clay. Thus far, not less than, the reply is sure, as he swept apart Seb Korda 6-1, 6-2 in 76 minutes.

Like Djokovic’s win by the identical scoreline yesterday, it sends a powerful message to the remainder of the sphere that he’s the person to beat on all surfaces.

Whereas the actual check will come when he faces extra of a pure clay courter, Korda’s sole profession title got here on this floor, and he was comprehensively outserved and outplayed by the second-seeded Italian.

Sebi and I’ve related sport kinds, so we’re not taking part in just like the traditional clay-court specialists; we wish to play fairly flat. However I moved fairly effectively in these circumstances. Yearly, it’s robust to return right here and carry out effectively, however I’m proud of my efficiency. Let’s see what’s coming within the subsequent spherical. It’s all the time nice to be again right here. Sinner on his opening win towards Korda.

Medvedev Makes Successful Begin

Daniil Medvedev proved he could make headway on la Terre Battue final yr when he lifted the Rome Masters title. He made a strong begin in Monte Carlo, seeing off Gael Monfils 6-2, 6-4.

As I mentioned in my earlier put up, no matches are hardly ever simple when Monfils is on one facet of the web and after dropping the primary set in tame vogue, he upped his sport to steer 4-1 within the second.

Though he was considerably helped by a Medvedev meltdown after two disputed line calls and a lack of serve within the third sport, which brought on a heated trade with umpire Mohammed Layhani throughout a changeover.

Nonetheless, Medvedev is among the finest tacticians on tour, and he was capable of settle down, opting to enter lockdown mode, absorbing the Frenchman’s groundstrokes and finally drawing the error to show the set in his favorite to progress in 1 hour and 27 minutes.

Once you play Gael, he is excellent at defence, so generally you’re scared to assault him as a result of that’s what he loves doing. It was a tactical sport right here and there, however I felt good. I performed at good velocity, the place I may defend effectively and never give him two simple balls. Medvedev on his match vs Monfils.

Different Matches of Observe

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