Monte-Carlo
Fritz/Rune earn opening win in Monte-Carlo
Koolhof/Mektic advance
April 08, 2024
Corinne Dubreuil/ATP Tour
Holger Rune/Taylor Fritz in motion on Monday in Monte-Carlo.
By ATP Employees
Monday, eighth April
Singles stars Taylor Fritz and Holger Rune earned a first-round doubles win on the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters Monday after they moved previous Lloyd Glasspool and Jean-Julien Rojer 6-3, 6-3.
It’s the second time Fritz and Rune have teamed in Monte-Carlo after they reached the quarter-finals final yr.
Italian singles stars Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Sonego claimed the primary set towards Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen earlier than the Belgian duo rebounded to win 6-7(3), 7-5, 10-7.
Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic began their quest for his or her fourth trophy of the season with a 7-5, 5-7, 10-7 win towards Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski after two hours. The seventh seeds will subsequent play Fritz and Rune.
People Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow superior, defeating Jamie Murray and Michael Venus 6-4, 6-4. Lammons and Withrow are chasing their first title of the season collectively this week.
Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni additionally received, beating Nicolas Jarry and Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-3. The eighth seeds received a title on clay in Cordoba earlier this yr.
Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen moved previous Italians Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Sonego 6-7(3), 7-5, 10-7. Sinner will make face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina or Sebastian Korda in his opening-round singles match in Monte-Carlo.
Sunday, seventh April
Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic made a successful begin on the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters on Sunday after they moved previous singles stars Grigor Dimitrov and Sebastian Korda 6-4, 6-4.
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The El Salvador-Croatian staff received 84 per cent (27/32) of their first-serve factors and saved each break factors they confronted to triumph after 77 minutes. Arevalo and Pavic will subsequent play high seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden.
Earlier this season, Arevalo and Pavic received the title on the ATP 250 hard-court occasion in Hong Kong.
Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev additionally superior, defeating Daniil Medvedev and Roman Safiullin 7-6(1), 6-2.