Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and Norwegian Kasper Rud will play in the Masters final in Monte Carlo, who just won against the first favorite, Novak Djokovic 2:1 - 6:4, 1:6, 6:4.
The match was full of twists and turns, because the number one racket in the world, Djokovic, after losing his serve at the start of the third set, had the opportunity to serve for the match. The tenth favorite, Rud, managed to save his serve, then took advantage of several unbounded errors from Djokovic for three match points. The Serb saved two and "gifted" the last one with a double fault on the serve.
Thus, the first two seeds lost on the same day, since the 12th racket, Tsitsipas, previously won the second favorite, the Italian Janiko Siner, in three sets.
Rud finally managed to beat Djokovic in the final at a major tournament, who defeated him twice in the semi-finals of the Masters in Rome, in the final of the Rlan Garos and in the final of the final Masters. Now the score is 5:1 in favor of Djokovic.
For his consolation in Monte Carlo, two new records remain - tied with Nadal for the number of seasons in which he reached the semi-finals at the Masters (2007-2024, Nadal 2005-2022), but he also became the record holder for the number of semi-finals - 77.
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