Monte-Carlo Masters: Khachanov recovers from set down to beat Cerundolo and reach last 16
Karen Khachanov beat Francisco Cerundolo 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 and will play the winner of the match between Gael Monfils and Daniil Medvedev in the next round
Tennis – Madrid Open – Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain – April 30, 2023 Russia’s Karen Khachanov celebrates after winning his round of 32 match against Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Karen Khachanov, the No 15 seed, reached the last 16 of the Monte-Carlo Masters by defeating Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the Monte-Carlo Country Club.
The Russian had to fight back from a set down against talented clay-courter Cerundolo in what was a closely fought contest.
Ultimately, the big-serving Khachanov had too much for the Argentine and earned another notable clay-court victory following his win over Cameron Norrie in the first round.
Khachanov, ranked No 17, will face the winner of the match between French wildcard Gael Monfils and Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 4 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Monte-Carlo tournament, Cerundolo, ranked No 22, won against German lucky loser Daniel Altmaier (6-2, 7-6 (3)).
Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, other second-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 5.950.575, most recent results first):
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Holger Rune vs. Sumit Nagal
- Gael Monfils vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Alejandro Tabilo vs. Casper Ruud
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Ugo Humbert: wednesday
- Sebastian Korda vs. Jannik Sinner: wednesday
- Lorenzo Sonego (LL) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 6-4, 7-5
- Alexei Popyrin beat Andrey Rublev (6): 6-4, 6-4
- Alex De Minaur (11) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Lorenzo Musetti beat Arthur Fils: 6-3, 7-5
- Jan-Lennard Struff beat Borna Coric: 7-6 (2), 6-1
- Alexander Zverev (5) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-3, 6-4
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-1, 6-2
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