Carlos Alcaraz joined for a 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 Sunday victory against a sick musetti musetti to win the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters in Monaco.
The Spaniard, the second seeded, won his sixth ATP Masters 1000 title and first from Indian Wells in March 2024. It was the 18th career title for the quadruple winner of the Grand Chelem, who will be 22 years old.
Musetti, playing in his first Masters 1000 final, had trouble with an apparent injury to his right leg in the third set in a match that lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes. The 23 -year -old Italian was ranked 13th, received treatment after losing the first three games of the decisive whole.
“This is not the way I wanted to win a match,” said Alcaraz. “By thinking of Lorenzo, he went through a difficult week, played long games. I’m sorry for him. It is one of his best results, finishing like that is not easy. I hope it’s nothing serious and it will soon be 100%.”
Musetti only succeeded in 10 winners – seven in the first set – against 30 for Alcaraz, who converted six of the eight chances of rupture and saved seven of the nine breaking points.
It was the third title Masters 1000 on Clay for Alcaraz, the title champion of the French Open who also won in Madrid in 2022 and 2023.
Alcaraz, who also made three sets in the second round (Francisco Cerundolo in Argentina) and in the quarterfinals (France Arthur son), abandoned the first set in Musetti in 42 minutes after committing 14 of his 32 unforeseen errors in the match.
“I’m really happy to win Monte-Carlo for the first time,” said Alcaraz. “It was a really difficult week with a lot of difficult situations. I am proud of the way I treated everything. It was a difficult month for me, so coming here and seeing the hard work makes me happy.”
Alcaraz, which will increase a place in n ° 2 in the world ranking after its performance this week, has improved at 4-1 in its head-to-head series with Musetti.
It was a scary finish for a strong week for Musetti, who won the first 10 victories against Stefanos Tsisipas de la Greece in the quarterfinals and Alex de Minaur in Australia in the semi-finals.
The start time for the match has been increased by three hours due to the threat of rain in the Principality.
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