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Patna : 4th Seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece, thumped 6th seed Andrey Rublev, 23, in straight sets in final to lift the men’s singles title at Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters at Monte Carlo, Monaco, an ATP Masters 1,000 clay court event, on April 18, 2021, evening. World No 5 Tsitsipas beat World No 8 Rublev 6-3, 6-3 in final in just 71 minutes winning 3 break points and 3 games in a row during the match.
Tsitsipas, in all, won 59 points to 42 by the Russian. The Gree fired 3 Aces in the match to 1 byRublev. Tsitsipas now leads Rublev 4-3 Head to Head. Rublev had defeated Tsitsipas in semi-finals of ABNAMRO World Tennis Tournament at Rotterdam, Netherlands, on hard court, in March 2021. Rublev had won that tournament.