MADRID (Spain) – Stefanos Tsitsipasseventh strength in the ATP ranking and sixth favorite in the draw, fresh from the final lost to Ruud at the Barcelona Open, he exits the stage in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open at the hands of the world number 118. The Greek, in fact, surrendered to the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro, who won with a double 6-4, thus earning access to the round of 32 of the second Masters 1000 on clay in 2024with a total prize pool of 9,249,713 euros, taking place at the Caja Magica in the Spanish capital.
Korda also advances
For Tsitsipas it is about fifth defeat in the last six matches against left-handed players: before Monteiro, in fact, the Greek had surrendered, in order, to Stricker, Molcan, Humbert and Shapovalov, beating only Diaz Acosta. In the next round the Brazilian will face the Czech Lehecka, who defeated the Serbian Medjedovic in two sets with a score of 7-5, 6-4. The American Sebastian Korda also advances25th seed, who beat the Australian Max Purcell with a double 6-3 and who will now challenge the winner of the match between the Russian Medvedev and the Italian Arnaldi.
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Bertolucci’s comment
“Tsitsipas must review the programming…”, was the comment on his official X account by Paolo Bertolucci, former Italian tennis legend. The reference is to the fact that the Greek tennis player did not give up any of the last scheduled tournaments, winning the title in Monte Carlo and only surrendering to Ruud in the last act in Barcelonabefore also taking part in the Masters 1000 in Madrid where, after missing the first round as the top seed, he was effectively ousted on his debut.
