Tsitsipas eases into Monte-Carlo quarter-finals, maintains bid for third straight title

Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the second seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Monte-Carlo Masters by defeating Chilean Nicolas Jarry 6-3, 6-4 at Monte-Carlo Country Club on Thursday afternoon.

Tsitsipas, ranked No 3 and the winner of the past two Monte-Carlo titles, will play the winner of the match between American Taylor Fritz, the No 8 seed, and Czech Jiri Lehecka next. He’s now won 12 consecutive matches in Monte-Carlo.

The Greek benefited from the abandonment of Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi (4-1) ahead of his victory.

Earlier in the tournament, Jarry, ranked No 58, won against Croat Borna Coric, the No 15 seed (6-2, 6-3) and edged out Australian qualifier Alexei Popyrin (3-6, 7-5, 6-4).

Monte-Carlo Masters, other round of 16 results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 5,779,335, most recent results first):

• Daniil Medvedev vs. Alexander Zverev
• Novak Djokovic vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
• Taylor Fritz vs. Jiri Lehecka: thursday
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Karen Khachanov (9): 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Jannik Sinner (7) beat Hubert Hurkacz (10): 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1
• Jan-Lennard Struff (Q) beat Casper Ruud (4): 6-1, 7-6 (6)