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Davidovich Tomba Shelton to smile again in Montecarlo

On the same day, closing him became the first rival of Alcaraz

April 07, 2025

It was three seasons that Alejandro Davidovich Fokina did not win a match at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. The last time he had done it served him to appear in his first ATP Masters 1000 final until this Monday has cut the root drought with another great performance.

And it is that the Spanish was able to overcome the favorite No. 11 Ben Shelton 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-1 in two hours of the game to advance to Second Round.

His last three results in Montecarlo had been losses against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2022 final, against Karen Khachanov in his premiere in 2023 and against Sebastian Korda in his debut in 2024. El Decorado did not paint flattering this season, where one of the main series heads should be measured.

In addition, his history recorded a 0-4 against Rivals of the Top 100 on beaten land since he defeated No. 7 Holger Rune in Mutua Madrid Open 2023. However, that was his last victory on the surface against a Top 20.

But the truth is that Davidovich has been signing an outstanding start of the year. The 25-year-old Malaga accumulates two finals in Delray Beach (p. With Kecmanovic) and Acapulco (p. With Machac), and on his return to clay he beat Shelton to leave his lexus atp head2head in 2-0.

The finalist in 2022, which has a 9-4 record in this ATP Masters 1000, now expects in the second round of Montecarlo to Tomás Martín Etcheverry or Corentin Moutet, which provides the previous one.

Francis
The No. 1 of Latin America at the PIF ATP Rankings became on Monday the first rival of Carlos Alcaraz in Montecarlo after beating the Italian Fabio Fognini, champion of the tournament in 2019, with partials of 6-0, 6-3 in just 62 minutes of play.

No. 22 of the world, which did not suffer ruptures and broke five opportunities, has reached at least the rooms in all the tournaments that it has played since February, including the ATP Masters 1000 in the United States during the month of March.

If you want to lengthen the trend, you will have to surprise Montecarlo against Alcaraz, who leads 2-0 the Lexus ATP Headtohead between them, after imposing himself in Queen’s 2024 and Indian Wells 2025.

“I already faced it on the grass and fast tracks, and now it will be in clay. Maybe I am lucky on the third chance,” said ‘Fran’ about the Murcian, No. 3 of the PIF ATP Rankings.

The Argentine was the only tennis player in his country who advanced on Monday. Mariano Navone lost 6-4, 6-4 against Matteo Berrettini, the next rival of Alexander Zverev; While Camilo Ugo Carabelli fell 6-4, 6-4 against French Alexandre Muller, who will collide in second round with Daniil Medvedev, executioner of his friend Karen Khachanov (7-5, 4-6, 6-4).

Did you know what …?
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina added on Monday at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters his victory No. 15 of 2025. The Spanish presents a 15-8 record in a course where he is still looking for his first ATP Tour crown.