Monte-Carlo: Ugo Humbert expeditious, the title holder Andrey Rublev already eliminated… What to remember from Wednesday

Ugo Humbert continues his momentum from the start of 2024. In great form, the Frenchman won in two sets (6-1, 6-4) against the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang, Wednesday April 10 in the second round of the Masters 1000 of Monte Carlo. Authoritative from the start with a break, Humbert gave his opponent little chance of the day.

Zhang, 49th in the world, attempted a small rebellion in the second set, quickly extinguished by the 15th in the world. The Frenchman will face in the round of 16 the “lucky loser” Lorenzo Sonego, included in the final draw following the withdrawal of Carlos Alcaraz. The 57th in the world did honor to his repechage by taking out Félix Auger-Aliassime (6-4, 7-5), now 35th in the world and who has never passed the 2nd round in the Principality.

Andrey Rublev lost big. Defeated in two sets (6-4, 6-4) by Alexei Popyrin (46th in the world), the defending champion, is already eliminated from the tournament and will lose the points acquired last year when he beat Holger Rune in the final. Feverish, tense, the Russian accumulated mistakes, especially in the first set. Popyrin was more impactful and joined his compatriot Alex De Minaur in the eighth.

Jannik Sinner made his entry into the tournament against Sebastian Korda. For his first match of the season on clay, the Italian did not seem troubled by the change of surface and only left a few crumbs for the American (6-1, 6-2). The recent winner of the Australian Open showed no weakness and will face German Jan-Lennard Struff in the round of 16.

It was almost the same scenario for Stefanos Tsitsipas, who impressed against Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6-1, 6-0). The Argentinian scored the first game of the match, before the Greek no longer gave him the opportunity and made 12 games in a row. The fight in the next round should be a little more intense for the two-time winner of the tournament (2021, 2022), since he will face Alexander Zverev.

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