Monte-Carlo Masters: De Minaur sees off Machac to make last 16
Alex De Minaur won against Tomas Machac 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 on Wednesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 9 seed, and Frenchman Alexandre Muller in the next round
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Australian Alex de Minaur, the No 8 seed, reached the last 16 of the Monte-Carlo Masters by winning against Tomas Machac 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 at the Monte-Carlo Country Club on Wednesday.
De Minaur, ranked No 10, will face the winner of the match between Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 9 seed, and Frenchman Alexandre Muller next.
In the previous round of the Monte-Carlo tournament, Machac, ranked No 21, beat Argentinian Sebastian Baez (3-6, 6-3, 6-2).
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
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexei Popyrin: wednesday
- Novak Djokovic vs. Alejandro Tabilo: wednesday
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Casper Ruud: wednesday
- 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
