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Patna : 4th Seed & World No 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece, and 6th seed Andrey Rublev, 23, Russia, clash in the final of Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters at Monte Carlo, Monaco, on April 18, 2021, at 6 pm.
Tsitsipas thumped World No 33 Daniel Evans, 30, UK, 6-2, 6-1 in first semi-finals in just 69 minutes winning 5 games in a row. The Greek won 5 break points during the match to 1 by Evans. Tsitsipas, in all, won 61 points during the match to 34 by Evans, who had stunned World No 1 Novak Djokovic, Serbia, in straight sets in 3rd round.
World No 8 Rublev beat World No 27 casper Ruud, 22, Norway, in straight sets 6-3, 7-5 in second semi-finals in 80 minutes. Rublev, who had upset 3rd seed and 11 time champion Rafael Nadal, Spain, in QFs on April 16, 2021, won 5 break points during the match to 3 by Ruud. Both the players won 4 games each in a row in the match. Rublev, in all, won 63 points during the match to 50 by the Norwegian.