Second-round motion on the Monte-Carlo Masters will get underway on Tuesday, when high seed Alexander Zverev faces a tough draw towards Matteo Berrettini. Frances Tiafoe and Miomir Kecmanovic are nonetheless within the first spherical.(1) Alexander Zverev vs. Matteo BerrettiniAt No. 34 on the earth, Berrettini is on the verge of getting seeded at Grand Slams–nevertheless it gained’t assist him on the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. With Berrettini unseeded, the result’s a foul draw for each him and Zverev. They may face one another within the second spherical of the clay-court swing’s first Masters 1000 match on Tuesday, marking their seventh encounter. Zverev leads the head-to-head collection 4-2 (2-1 on clay), however his final win got here in 2021 and Berrettini gained their most up-to-date contest 6-3, 7-6(4), 7-6(5) two years in the past at Wimbledon.
(14) Frances Tiafoe vs. Miomir KecmanovicIt can be a fast turnaround for Tiafoe after he completed runner-up to Jenson Brooksby on Sunday in Houston. Bodily and psychological fatigue is sort of sure to plague the Seventeenth-ranked American with solely in the future off in between tournaments and journey between two completely different continents.
Up first for Tiafoe in Monte-Carlo is a fifth contest towards Kecmanovic, who’s getting swept 4-0 within the head-to-head collection on the ATP stage however does personal a Challenger win over Tiafoe. They’ve by no means confronted one another on clay, a floor on which each gamers are respectable however unspectacular. Total, Kecmanovic is in stable type–the Forty seventh-ranked Serb has gained 12 main-tour matches in 2025 and lifted the trophy in Delray Seashore. Primarily due to Tiafoe’s state of affairs, this can doubtless be one-way site visitors for Kecmanovic.
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