Monte-Carlo Masters: Tsitsipas makes last 16 after Bonzi injury
Stefanos Tsitsipas benefited from the abandonment of Benjamin Bonzi (4-1) on Tuesday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Chilean Nicolas Jarry and Australian qualifier Alexei Popyrin in the next round
Benjamin Bonzi retires against Stefanos Tsitsipas in Monte-Carlo (Chryslene Caillaud/Panoramic)
Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the second seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Monte-Carlo Masters when Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi retired on Tuesday at Monte-Carlo Country Club.
Tsitsipas, ranked No 3, led 4-1 when Bonzi, ranked No 48, pulled out with a wrist injury.
The Greek will face the winner of the match between Chilean Nicolas Jarry and Australian qualifier Alexei Popyrin next.
He is now on an 11-match winning streak in Monte-Carlo, having won the titles in 2021 and 2022.
The Frenchman beat Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles (6-1, 7-5) in the previous round of the Monte-Carlo tournament.
Monte-Carlo Masters, other second-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 5.779.335, most recent results first):
- Dominic Thiem vs. Holger Rune
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Taylor Fritz vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Ilya Ivashka vs. Karen Khachanov
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Jannik Sinner
- Luca Nardi vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Casper Ruud
- Alex De Minaur vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Alexander Zverev
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Jack Draper: tuesday
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Ivan Gakhov (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Andrey Rublev (5) beat Jaume Munar: 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
