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 courtroom 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 have 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 latest 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 in opposition to Sumit Nagal and Miomir Kecmanovic, respectively.

Happily, the 2 are seeded to satisfy within the final sixteen, making it truthful for each gamers who will take to the courtroom 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

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Jannik Sinner (2)
Sebastian Korda
6-1 6-2

Daniil Medvedev (3)
Gael Monfils (WC)
6-2 6-4

Alexei Popyrin
Andrey Rublev (6)
6-4 6-4

Casper Ruud (8)
Alejandro Tabilo
6-2 6-4

Hubert Hurkacz (10)
Roberto Bautista Agut (Q)
7-5 7-6(4)

Alex de Minaur (11)
Tallon Griekspoor
2-6 6-2 6-3

Stefanos Tsitsipas (12)
Tomas Martin Etcheverry
6-1 6-0

Ugo Humbert (14)
Zhizhen Zhang
6-1 6-4

Karen Khachanov (15)
Francisco Cerundolo
4-6 6-4 6-3

Lorenzo Sonego (LL)
Felix Auger-Aliassime
6-4 7-5

Popyrin Routs Rublev

Defending champion Andrey Rublev hasn’t had the perfect previous few months on tour. Since his default in Dubai, he’s received 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 placing on the backhand, his choice to combine up his play caught Rublev out a number of instances.

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 courtroom for the primary time. This was my first match on clay of the yr, and I’ve good reminiscences from final yr. I really feel snug on it and completely happy to beat a man who was in type, assured, and the defending champion. It was an superior match. The thought was to not give him the identical ball. He’s in all probability the perfect participant from the baseline whenever you give him rhythm, so I attempted to vary the tempo, top and spin, and I believe it labored effectively for me immediately. Popyrin on his spectacular win.

Sinner Crushes Korda

Given Sinner’s imperious type on onerous courts, I used to be to see if he might transition that type onto the clay. To date, a minimum of, 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 sector 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 comparable sport kinds, so we’re not enjoying just like the basic clay-court specialists; we prefer to play fairly flat. However I moved fairly effectively in these situations. 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 at all times nice to be again right here. Sinner on his opening win in opposition to 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 stable begin in Monte Carlo, seeing off Gael Monfils 6-2, 6-4.

As I mentioned in my earlier put up, no matches are not often simple when Monfils is on one aspect of the web and after dropping the primary set in tame vogue, he upped his sport to guide 4-1 within the second.

Though considerably helped by a Medvedev meltdown after two disputed line calls within the sport, Medvedev was damaged, inflicting a heated change with umpire Mohammed Layhani throughout a changeover.

Nonetheless, Medvedev is among the greatest tacticians on tour, and he was in a position to relax, opting to enter lockdown mode, absorbing the Frenchman’s groundstrokes and ultimately drawing the error to show the set in his favorite to progress in 1 hour and 27 minutes.

Whenever you play Gael, he is superb at defence, so typically you might be 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 pace, the place I might defend effectively and never give him two simple balls. Medvedev on his match vs Monfils.

Different Matches of Observe

Monte Carlo Masters 2024 Day 5 Spherical of 32 Matches