15:00
Tsitsipas wins!
The Greek prevailed 7:1 in the tie-break. So it should start soon between Zverev and Carreño Busta.
14:54
Tie-breaker between Djere and Tsitsipas
However, the Greek quickly takes a 3-0 lead and could soon bring the match to an end.
14:34
Tsitsipas leads 4: 3
So the second sentence could soon come to an end. The expected start time for Carreño Busta vs. Zverev has been temporarily adjusted to 2:45 p.m.
14:05
It starts a little later
Because on the Rainier III court, Laslo Djere and Stefanos Tsitsipas are just beginning the second set. The Greek won the first round 7:5.
13:52
Third encounter
Zverev and Carreño Busta have met twice so far, but only on hard court. The German Olympic champion prevailed both in 2018 at the Masters in Miami and in 2020 at the US Open.
1:45 p.m
Carreño Busta benefited from giving up
The third set was in full swing when Kazakh Alexander Bublik unexpectedly resigned in the opening match against Carreño Busta. It was 4:3 for the Spaniard. There didn’t seem to be an injury, the Kazakh just doesn’t seem to like sand. So there is not much to say about Carreño Busta’s true level of performance, the Galician is currently 13th in the ranking.
1:30 p.m
Work victory at the start
Against Federico Delbonis, Zverev had everything under control for long stretches and won in two sets 6: 1 and 7: 5. Only in the second round did the native of Hamburg fall behind, but after another hour he won the match against the Argentinian sand specialist. “It’s a first match and in a first match everything can’t always go perfectly,” Sascha classified the game afterwards.
13:20
No tournament win in Monte Carlo yet
Zverev won three out of five Masters titles on sand. He even won twice in Madrid and once in Rome. Only in his adopted home of Monaco has he not yet managed to win a tournament. After Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic left earlier, Sascha suddenly became one of the favorites.
13:10
Welcome to the second Zverev match!
After his opening win against Federico Delbonis, Alexander Zverev and the Spanish world number 13. Pablo Carreño Busta has a much higher hurdle ahead of him. It will probably start around 2:10 p.m.