2024 Monte-Carlo Masters FRIDAY SCHEDULE and PREVIEW featuring DJOKOVIC-DE MINAUR and RUNE-SINNER

Friday, 12 April 2024 at 00:00

The schedule has been confirmed ahead of Friday at the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters. Novak Djokovic against Alex De Minaur and Jannik Sinner – Grigor Dimitrov will be the main spectacles of the quarterfinals, where the last four competitors for the title will be determined.

Djokovic and Sinner advance smoothly

The Serbian returns to the quarterfinals of Monte-Carlo for the first time since 2019. The world No. 1 and 2-time champion has found it difficult in recent years to reach a high level in the first clay Masters 1000, but he managed to reach the quarterfinals without difficulty by defeating Lorenzo Musetti (7-5, 6-3) and avenged his elimination in 2023 against the Italian. His next challenge is against Alex De Minaur, who eliminated Alexei Popyrin and the 2023 champion Andrey Rublev.

The world No. 2 Jannik Sinner has also demonstrated this week that he is a dangerous player on clay. He secured a straightforward victory against the German Jan-Lennard Struff and returns to the quarterfinals. This time the challenge will be tough against the 2023 finalist Holger Rune, who defeated the 9th seed Dimitrov in an epic encounter that was decided in the third-set tie-break.

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Tsitsipas – Khachanov and Ruud – Sonego also headline Friday

In one of the most anticipated matches on Thursday, Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Alexander Zverev (7-5, 6-3) and extended his head-to-head lead to 10-5. The Greek, champion of Monte-Carlo in 2021 and 2022, advances to the quarterfinals once again and will face Karen Khachanov. The Russian overcame his compatriot Daniil Medvedev (6-3, 7-5) and reached the quarterfinals in Monte-Carlo for the first time in his career, and only the second time in a clay Masters 1000.

The other matchup will feature Casper Ruud, who ended Hubert Hurkacz's streak of 6 consecutive wins on clay and will now face the lucky loser Lorenzo Sonego, who defeated the 14th seed Ugo Humbert.

Court Rainier III

Starting at 11am local time: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs (15) Karen Khachanov

Not before 1pm local time: (2) Jannik Sinner vs (7) Holger Rune

Folllowed by: (1) Novak Djokovic vs (11) Alex de Minaur

Followed by: (8) Casper Ruud vs Lorenzo Sonego

Court Des Princes

Starting time at 11 am local time: (6) tim Puetz / Kevin Krawietz vs Sander Giller / Joran Vliegen

Followed by: (3) Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos vs Nicolas Mahut / Edouard Roger-Vasslin

Followed by: Marcelo Arevalo / Mate Pavic vs Simone bolleli / Andrea Vavassori

Followed by Taylor Fritz / Holer Rune vs Marcelo Melo / Alexander Zverev

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