Tennis star Novak Djokovic failed at the ATP Masters in Monte Carlo like Alexander Zverev right away-and has to continue waiting for his 100th tour title.
The Serb lost its opening match in the principality after a freely in the first round with 3: 6, 4: 6 against the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo.
Djokovic never found his game. The Grand Slam record winner fended off a match ball, but after 87 minutes the 37-year-old made the decisive mistake and had to give up in Rome Tabilo as in the previous year.
At Miami Miami, Djokovic had recently surprisingly lost the final against the Czech teenager Jakub Mensik.
Due to an eye infection that had already hindered him in Florida, and a virus disease even thought about a waiver of start in Monte Carlo. The problems with the eye would have “calmed down” in time, as Djokovic explained in advance.
In the principality, the exceptional player should actually be about “collecting as many matches as possible” in order to start a development until the end of the clay court season.
Then the French Open (May 25th to June 8th), the second Grand Slam tournament of the season. Djokovic has not won a tournament in Paris since the 2024 Olympics.
The day before, Germany’s star player Zverev had also experienced another disappointment and lost his opening match against the former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini.