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Magic week! Tabilo can also with Djokovic in Montecarlo

The Chilean remains undefeated before the Serbian in the ATP Tour

April 09, 2025

Alejandro Tabilo punishes the ball without clemency at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, where he has presented his credentials defeating two former champions consecutively. The Chilean, who has annulled Stan Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic to take a ticket to the round of 16 at the Principality, continues to add merits to the best locker room players. If the South American is prepared to break forecasts in events of this caliber, his start on the banks of the Mediterranean is a well -directed message.

No. 32 of the PIF ATP Rankings competed on Wednesday clinging to memory, catching from the sobriety (6-3, 6-4) a vertigo match against Djokovic, which he had already defeated a year ago on the clay of the Italic Forum of Rome. The Serbian, who had not lost a match on the surface since then, met again with the inclement punch of the South American, convinced in each blow on the way to victory. The conviction exercise was total in the Chilean, winning its last nine service shifts to block any reaction bust in the Balkan.

“It has been a complicated year, so I felt some nerves,” said Tabilo, which already has four top 20 victories in his career. “I remembered what I had worked last. Fortunately, I have taken high level and that has been helpful. It has been an incredible game.”

On a road that has opened tall, Tabilo has a horizon full of oxygen in Montecarlo. The Chilean, confirmed as one of the faces revelation in the upper part of the painting, will play the round of 16 at the Principality before the head of series No. 15 Grigor Dimitrov, second active player with more victories in the tournament, and who comes from tracing the local guest Valentin Vacherot (4-6, 6-3, 6-1)

The current No. 18 of the PIF ATP Rankings leads 2-0 the Lexus ATP Headtohead with tabilo thanks to its victories last year in Miami and the laver cup. In each duel between them two tie-embroids have been presented.

Djokovic began in Montecarlo the whipped earth tour, an area that did not play in competition since the gold medal was hung in the Paris Olympic Games last August. The Serbian landed in the Principality after being at one step away from winning his title No. 100 at the ATP Masters 1000 Miami, where he reached his first final of the 2025 season. Now, the Balkan will go to the Magic Fund of Madrid.

The other preclassified that was eliminated on Wednesday was the American Frances Tiafoe, preclassified No. 14 and who fell with Alexei Popyrin with partials of 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. The Australian will now measure the Norwegian Casper Ruud, a favorite room and who defeated Spanish Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 6-1. Know all the results of the day.

Did you know that …?
Alejandro Tabilo aspires to become the second Chilean capable of conquering the individual title of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Since its establishment in the ATP Tour calendar in 1969, with more than 60 years of history on its tracks, Marcelo Ríos (1997) remains the only Chilean who has managed to proclaim himself champion in the Principality.