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Patna : Third seed & 11 time cham[ion Rafael Nadal, 34, Spain, drubbed 14th seed Grigor Dimitrov, 29, Bulgaria, in straight sets in 3rd round to advance to the quarter-finls of Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters at Monte Carlo, Monaco, on April 15, 2021, night. World No 3 Nadal routed World No 17 Dimitrov 6-1, 6-1 in 3rd round in just 56 minutes winning 5 break points and 5 games in a row during the match.
Nadal, in all, won 55 points during the match to just 26 points by the Bulgarian. Bothe players fired 3 Aces each during the match. Dimitrov, however, committed 5 double faults during the match to 1 by the Spainiard, the winner of 20 Grand Slam singles titles.
But, 5th seed Alexander Zverev, 23, Germany, crashed out of the tournament losing his 3rd round match to 11th seed David Goffin, 30, Belgium, in straight sets. World No 15 Goffin defeated World No 6 Zverev 6-4, 7-6 winning 1 break point and 3 games in a row to advance to the quarter-finals of the tournament. Zverev though fired 5 Aces during the match to 4 by Goffin. The German won 77 points during the match to 76 by Goffin. Goffin will face World No 33 Daniel Evans in QFs. Evans stunned top seed & World No 1 Novak Djokovic, Serbia, in 3rd round.
World No 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece, defeated 16th seed Cristian Garin, 24, Chile, 6-3, 6-4 in third round in 1 hr 40 minutes to reach QFs of the clay court event. The Greek won 3 break points during the match to 1 by World No 24 Garin. Tsitsipas fired 4 Aces in the match to 2 by Garin. Tsitsipas, in all, won 73 points during the match to 55 by the Chilean. The Greek won 5 games in row during the match t 2 by the Chilean.
Tsitsipas will face World No 58 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, 21, Spain, in QFs. Fokina beat World No 86 Lucas Pouille, 27, France, 6-2, 7-6 in 3rd round. Fokina won 3 break points during the match to 1 by Pouille, who fired 4 Aces during the match. Pouille committed 4 double faults to 3 by Fokina. The Spainiard won 5 games in a row during the match to 3 by Pouille.
2019 champion & 15th seed Fabio Fognini, 33, Italy, defeated World No 37 Filip Krajinovic, 29, Serbia, 6-2 7-6 in 3rd round to enter the QFs. Fognini won 3 break points during the match to 1 by Krajinovic. Fognini also won 5 games in a row during the match to 3 by the Serbian.