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Latest Tennis Results – Full main draw singles results from ATP Monte Carlo this week, plus our quick hits of the day’s action.
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Tournament Results & Quick Hits
- Rafael Nadal coasted into the third round as he breezed past Aljaz Bedene in just his third match since his return after a hip injury side-lined him in the quarter-final of the Australian Open. Having helped Spain into the Davis Cup semi-finals, he made a triumphant tour return. He will face Karen Khachanov who also looked commanding in his R2 match against Gilles Simon. Nadal leads their head to head 2-0.
- Novak Djokovic faced a stern test against Borna Coric. The young Croatian was certainly match sharp compared to Djokovic and the two-time Monte Carlo champion admitted he might still be a little rusty, but after weathering a tie-break, Djokovic capitalised on a few wayward errors, lifting his level, and defending well against a final flurry, needing 10 match points eventually to advance. He will face Dominic Thiem, whose own comeback from injury was tested with a long opening match of his own against Andrey Rublev. It’s difficult to know who will come out of this one, and while Djokovic leads 5-1 in their head to head, Thiem got the last win on clay, last year in the Roland Garros quarter-final.
- Kei Nishikori has been struggling with issues with his wrist but closed out a straight sets win against Daniil Medvedev to face Kyle Edmund’s conqueror Andreas Seppi who battled through another three setter.
| ATP Monte Carlo €5,238,735 | R2 | 18-Apr |
| K Nishikori (JPN) | 75 62 | D Medvedev (RUS) |
| R Bautista Agut [11] (ESP) | 63 76(5) | F Lopez (ESP) |
| K Khachanov (RUS) | 62 62 | G Simon [WC] (FRA) |
| J-L Struff (GER) | 64 62 | F Fognini [13] (ITA) |
| P Kohlschreiber (GER) | 64 62 | A Ramos-Vinolas [15] (ESP) |
| N Djokovic [9] (SRB) | 76(2) 75 | B Coric (CRO) |
| R Gasquet (FRA) | 62 61 | D Schwartzman [10] (ARG) |
| A Seppi [Q] (ITA) | 46 63 75 | G Garcia-Lopez [LL] (ESP) |
| M Raonic [14] (CAN) | 76(5) 62 | M Cecchinato [Q] (ITA) |
| R Nadal [1] (ESP) | 61 63 | A Bedene (SLO) |
| M Cilic [2] (CRO) | 63 76(4) | F Verdasco (ESP) |
ORDER OF PLAY – Thursday, 19 April 2018
COURT RAINIER III Matches Start At: 11:00 am
Jan-Lennard STRUFF (GER) vs Alexander ZVEREV (GER) [3]
followed by
Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) [9] vs Dominic THIEM (AUT) [5]
followed by
Rafael NADAL (ESP) [1] vs Karen KHACHANOV (RUS)
followed by
Milos RAONIC (CAN) [14] vs Marin CILIC (CRO) [2]
COURT DES PRINCES Matches Start At: 11:00 am
Roberto BAUTISTA AGUT (ESP) [11] vs David GOFFIN (BEL) [6]
followed by
Grigor DIMITROV (BUL) [4] vs Philipp KOHLSCHREIBER (GER)
followed by
Mischa ZVEREV (GER) vs Richard GASQUET (FRA)
followed by
[Q] Andreas SEPPI (ITA) vs Kei NISHIKORI (JPN)
COURT 2 Matches Start At: 12:00 noon
Pablo CUEVAS (URU) Marcel GRANOLLERS (ESP) vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA) Nicolas MAHUT (FRA) [5]
followed by
Jamie MURRAY (GBR) Bruno SOARES (BRA) [7] vs Rohan BOPANNA (IND) Edouard ROGER-VASSELIN (FRA)
followed by
Bob BRYAN (USA) Mike BRYAN (USA) [4] vs [WC] Romain ARNEODO (MON) Hugo NYS (FRA)
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