Carlos Alcaraz rallied for a 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 victory on Sunday towards an ailing Lorenzo Musetti to win the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters in Monaco.
The second-seeded Spaniard claimed his sixth ATP Masters 1000 title and first since Indian Wells in March 2024. It was the 18th profession title for the four-time Grand Slam winner, who turns 22 subsequent month.
Musetti, taking part in in his first Masters 1000 ultimate, struggled with an obvious damage to his proper leg within the third set in a match that lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes. The 23-year-old Italian, seeded thirteenth, obtained therapy after shedding the primary three video games of the deciding set.
“It isn’t the way in which I’d have needed to win a match,” Alcaraz mentioned. “Eager about Lorenzo, he has been by way of a tricky week, performed lengthy matches. I really feel sorry for him. It’s one among his greatest outcomes, ending up like this isn’t simple. Hopefully it’s nothing critical and he will likely be one hundred pc quickly.”
Musetti managed solely 10 winners — seven within the first set — in comparison with 30 for Alcaraz, who transformed six of eight break possibilities and saved seven of 9 break factors.
It was the third Masters 1000 title on clay for Alcaraz, the reigning French Open champion who additionally gained in Madrid in 2022 and 2023.
Alcaraz, who additionally went three units within the second spherical (Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo) and quarterfinals (France’s Arthur Fils), dropped the primary set to Musetti in 42 minutes after committing 14 of his 32 unforced errors within the match.
“I am actually completely satisfied to win Monte-Carlo for the primary time,” Alcaraz mentioned. “It has been a extremely troublesome week with a variety of troublesome conditions. I’m proud with how I handled every part. It has been a troublesome month for me, so coming right here and seeing the exhausting work repay makes me completely satisfied.”
Alcaraz, who will rise one spot to No. 2 on the earth rankings following his efficiency this week, improved to 4-1 in his head-to-head collection with Musetti.
It was an agonizing end to a powerful week for Musetti, who scored top-10 victories towards Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas within the quarterfinals and Australia’s Alex de Minaur within the semifinals.
The beginning time for the match was moved up three hours as a result of risk of rain within the principality.
–Discipline Degree Media