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Patna : World N0 58 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, 21, Spain, upset World No 10 Matteo Berrettini, 24, Italy, in 2nd round to enter Round of 16 of Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, Monte Carlo, Monaco, on April 13, 2021, night.
Fokina beat 8th seed Berrettini in straight sets 7-5, 6-3 winning 3 break points during the match to 1 by the Italian. Both the players won 3 games each in a row in the match. Fokina, in all, won 75 points during the match to 56 by Berrettini. It was Fokia’s first win against a Top 10 player.
World No 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece, defeated World No 29 Aslan Karatsev, 27, Russia, 6-3, 6-4 in second round winning 2 break points and 3 games in a row to reach Round of 16. Tsitsipas, in all, won 63 points during the match to 51 by Karatsev. The Greek fired 4 Aces in the match to 2 by the Russian.
World No 3 & 3rd seed Rafael Nadal, 34, Spain, who has won this ATP Masters 1,000 event 11 times, will face World No 87 Federico Delbonis, 30, Argentina, in 2nd round at 5.10 pm on April 14, 2021. Top seed & World No 1 Novak Djokovic, 33, Serbia, will face World No 22 Jannik Sinner, 19, Italy, in 2nd round at 3.50 pm the same day.