Monte-Carlo Masters 2025 Day 1 & 2 Recap

Motion is underway on the Monte Carlo Nation Membership. Three singles matches had been performed on Sunday in and amongst the ultimate qualifying matches earlier than the primary draw kicked off totally on Monday.

Two seeds suffered losses throughout a chilly begin to the week on the Principality. Ben Shelton and Felix Auger-Aliassime fell on the first hurdle to Altmaier and Davidovich Fokina, respectively.

Whereas there have been spectacular wins for Berrettini, Giron and the 2 wildcards: Gasquet and Vacherot. Full outcomes from Sunday + Monday under, plus choose highlights.

Day One and Two 2025 Monte Carlo Spherical of 64 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Matteo Berrettini
Mario Navone (Q)
6-4 6-4

Jiri Lehecka
Sebastian Korda
6-3 7-6(7)

Lorenzo Musetti (13)
Yunchaokete Bu
4-6 7-5 6-3

Jordan Thompson
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
6-4 6-3

Alejandro Tabilo
Stan Wawrinka (WC)
1-6 7-5 7-5

Valentin Vacherot (WC)
Jan-Lennard Struff
6-2 6-1

Daniil Medvedev (9)
Karen Khachanov
7-5 4-6 6-4

Alexandre Muller
Camilo Ugo Carabelli (Q)
6-4 6-4

Marcos Giron
Denis Shapovalov
6-3 7-6(5)

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Ben Shelton (11)
6-7(2) 6-2 6-1

Gael Monfils
Fabian Marozsan (Q)
4-6 6-1 6-1

Daniel Altmaier (Q)
Felix Auger-Aliassime (16)
7-6(5) 6-3

Richard Gasquet (WC)
Matteo Arnaldi
6-3 4-6 6-4

Francisco Cerundolo
Fabio Fognini
6-0 6-3

Tabilo Tops Wawrinka

There’ll be no Djokovic vs Wawrinka in Monte Carlo as Alejandro Tabilo got here by way of a topsy-turvy battle in opposition to the Swiss, recording a 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 in an entertaining match on Courtroom Rainier III on the Principality.

The 27-year-old Chilean, who misplaced a heartbreaker to Jenson Brooksby in Houston final week, hasn’t had fun on clay not too long ago, however he confirmed resilience to struggle again and regardless of squandering a 5-3 lead within the decider he sealed the win on his third match level after two hours and 34 minutes.

Wawrinka, the 2014 champion making his fifteenth Monte-Carlo look, has picked up some first rate wins in current weeks on the clay. He seemed sharp early, overpowering Tabilo along with his trademark heavy groundstrokes.

However Tabilo is a battler, and Stan doesn’t appear capable of keep a excessive stage by way of the course of a match. After letting a 4-5 likelihood slip, Tabilo held agency at 6-5, changing his third match level with a pinpoint forehand that left Wawrinka stranded.

Medvedev Advances

Daniil Medvedev hasn’t seemed like a lot of a hard-court specialist in current months, so the transition to clay could be an excellent factor and he shook off his Miami loss with a gritty 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Karen Khachanov.

Meddy is now out of the highest 10 within the rankings however has the wooden over his compatriot (7-2 H2H after immediately), and seemed poised for a routine win early, racing to a 5-1 lead within the first set.

Nonetheless, Khachanov isn’t any pushover on clay, and he began to come back out on high within the longer rallies, clawing his manner again to stage at 5-5 earlier than Medvedev steadied the ship and snatched it 7-5.

The second set adopted an identical script with Meddy surging to a 4-1, just for Khachanov to win a lot of the prolonged rallies, forcing a decider by claiming the set 6-4.

Within the third, Medvedev discovered an additional gear, mixing his constant baseline hitting with intelligent drop pictures to edge forward. He broke at 4-4 and served out the match 6-4.

After sealing his win, Medvedev limped to the online and acquired the umpire to name the coach, the place he was handled for cramps in his thigh so he did nicely to shut out the final couple of factors.

Different Matches of Notice

Jiri Lehecka missed most of final season’s clay swing with harm, however he seemed sharp on his return to the floor in a 6-3, 7-6(7) win over Sebastian Korda. 

He’ll now face Lorenzo Musetti, who staged a gritty comeback in opposition to Chinese language qualifier Buyunchaokete, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Musetti was set and a break down however discovered his rhythm, utilizing his one-handed backhand to dictate rallies and switch the tide in a two-hour, 28-minute grind.

Gael Monfils retains on successful, bagging a hard-fought 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory over qualifier Fabian Marozsan. The Frenchman is now 6-2 at Masters 1000 occasions in 2025. La Monf now faces seventh seed Andrey Rublev, who’s enjoying his first match with Marat Safin in his nook.

Daniel Altmaier ousted sixteenth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6(5), 6-3. Felix has struggled to carry out on the M1000 stage this season, and Altmaier will now face Richard Gasquet after he beat Arnaldi on Sunday.

Elsewhere, Matteo Berrettini made a stable begin, dispatching Argentine clay specialist Mariano Navone 6-4, 6-4 to arrange a match with Sascha Zverev. Whereas Marcos Giron confirmed he enjoys enjoying Denis Shapovalov, extending his H2H to 3-1 because of a 6-3, 7-6(5) win. 

Former finalist Alejandro Davidovich Fokina battled again to oust eleventh seed Ben Shelton 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-1. The Spaniard, runner-up in 2022, used his heavy topspin and relentless protection to get the job performed, successful 10 of the final 11 video games to advance, stopping Shelton from fashioning a single recreation level on his serve for six video games straight from 2-0 within the second.

Highlights

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