Djokovic suffers shock defeat to Tabilo in Monte-Carlo

Former world No 1 Novak Djokovic suffered a shock defeat in his first match at this year’s Monte-Carlo Masters as he was beaten 6-3, 6-4 by Alejandro Tabilo of Chile in the second round on Wednesday.

Tabilo beat Djokovic in Rome last year but had not won back-to-back matches anywhere this year before Wednesday, when he outplayed a below-par Djokovic for the second time in 12 months.

Djokovic reached the final last time out in Miami but arrived in Monaco still struggling with an eye infection and the after-effects of a virus. He broke serve in the first game of the match but that was his only highlight, 18 unforced errors on the forehand alone telling a clear story.

“It’s been a tough year so the nerves were there,” Tabilo admitted. “I just tried to remember last time what I did well. Thank God I served well today, helped me a lot to regroup after that first game. It was an unreal match.”

Tabilo, ranked No 32, will play the winner of the match between Monégasque wildcard Valentin Vacherot and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 15 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Monte-Carlo tournament, the Chilean edged out Swiss wildcard Stan Wawrinka (1-6, 7-5, 7-5).

Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, other second-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 6.128.940, most recent results first):

• Daniil Medvedev vs. Alexandre Muller
• Valentin Vacherot vs. Grigor Dimitrov: wednesday
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexei Popyrin: wednesday
• Casper Ruud (4) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-2, 6-1
• Alex De Minaur (8) beat Tomas Machac: 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 3-6, 6-0, 6-1
• Andrey Rublev (7) beat Gael Monfils: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Arthur Fils (12) beat Flavio Cobolli: 6-2, 6-4
• Daniel Altmaier (Q) beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Nuno Borges beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-4
• Lorenzo Musetti (13) beat Jiri Lehecka: 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Jack Draper (5) beat Marcos Giron: 6-1, 6-1
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (6) beat Jordan Thompson: 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Matteo Berrettini beat Alexander Zverev (1): 2-6, 6-3, 7-5