Monte-Carlo Masters: Davidovich Fokina wins 12 of last 14 games to complete comeback vs Shelton
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Ben Shelton 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-1 on Monday evening and will face the winner of the match between Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry and French qualifier Corentin Moutet in the next round
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Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina defeated American Ben Shelton, the No 11 seed, 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters at Monte-Carlo Country Club on Monday evening.
Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 42, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry and French qualifier Corentin Moutet next.
Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, other first-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 6.128.940, most recent results first):
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Arthur Fils
- Tomas Machac vs. Sebastian Baez
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Corentin Moutet
- Holger Rune vs. Nuno Borges
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Ugo Humbert
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
- Fabio Fognini vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Karen Khachanov: monday
- Alexandre Muller beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Matteo Berrettini beat Mariano Navone (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Lorenzo Musetti (13) beat Yunchaokete Bu (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Daniel Altmaier (Q) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (16): 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Gael Monfils beat Fabian Marozsan (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
- Marcos Giron beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Alejandro Tabilo beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 1-6, 7-5, 7-5
- Jiri Lehecka beat Sebastian Korda: 6-3, 7-6 (7)
- Jordan Thompson beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-4, 6-3
- Valentin Vacherot (WC) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-2, 6-1
- Richard Gasquet (WC) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
