Monte-Carlo Masters 2025 Day 5 Recap

Day 5 on the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters wrapped up the Spherical of 16, delivering eight matches that formed the quarter-final lineup.

Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas led the cost, dispatching Daniel Altmaier and Nuno Borges with authority.

In the meantime, Lorenzo Musetti confirmed his clay courtroom prowess, ending Matteo Berrettini’s upset run in straight units.

The day wasn’t with out its twists. Alexei Popyrin shocked 4th seed Casper Ruud in a gritty 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 battle, whereas Alejandro Davidovich Fokina outlasted fifth seed Jack Draper in three tight units.

Arthur Fils made waves too, cruising previous 2023 champ Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-3, proving his clay credentials in simply over an hour.

Elsewhere, Alex de Minaur dismantled Daniil Medvedev 6-2, 6-2 with relentless precision, and Grigor Dimitrov weathered a three-set check in opposition to Alejandro Tabilo.

Right here’s the total breakdown.

Day 5 2025 Monte Carlo Spherical of 16 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Lorenzo Musetti (13)
Matteo Berrettini
6-3 6-3

Stefanos Tstisipas (6)
Nuno Borges
6-1 6-1

Grigor Dimitrov (15)
Alejandro Tabilo
6-3 2-6 6-2

Alex de Minaur (8)
Daniil Medvedev (9)
6-2 6-2

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Jack Draper (5)
6-3 6-7(6) 6-4

Alexei Popyrin
Casper Ruud (4)
6-4 4-6 7-5

Arthur Fils (12)
Andrey Rublev (7)
6-2 6-3

Carlos Alcaraz (2)
Daniel Altmaier (Q)
6-3 6-1

Alcaraz Aces Altmaier

Carlos Alcaraz is thru to the final eight in Monte Carlo with a 6-3, 6-1 win over qualifier Daniel Altmaier.

The 21-year-old Spaniard didn’t have his A-game on serve, dealing with 10 break factors, however that shot continues to be a piece in progress. He’s made a number of tweaks in the previous couple of months, and I feel he’s most likely heading in the right direction.

What he lacks in serving prowess, he greater than makes up for in aptitude across the courtroom, and he produced some impressed stuff. He dug himself out of a 0/40 gap within the first sport of the second set earlier than slamming the door shut en path to taking the second set for the lack of only one sport.

As Sinner discovered a few years again, Altmaier is a tricky cookie on clay, so I feel this was a good win for Carlos. He’s nonetheless a bit up and down however you wouldn’t rule him out of profitable the entire thing.

Subsequent up? 1 / 4-final conflict with Arthur Fils, who toppled former champ Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-3 with the Frenchman’s groundstrokes trying way more potent than Rublev’s.

Actually, it was tough. Danny is enjoying nice. He’s a strong clay-court participant with a difficult sport: many topspin pictures, and he’s actually good bodily. The rating doesn’t present how tough it was… I needed to battle within the first set. Getting a break earlier than the brand new balls was good, which helped with the serve. Within the second set, I could possibly be myself extra, play extra aggressively than within the first, and I took my possibilities. Alcaraz on his win.

Tstitsipas Boots Out Borges

Stefanos Tsitsipas saved his Monte-Carlo streak scorching on Thursday, steamrolling Nuno Borges 6-1, 6-1 to notch his fiftieth clay-court ATP Masters 1000 win.

Earlier than final season’s Australian Open, I’d at all times thought-about Borges a pillow-punching futures-level participant. Nevertheless, he proved me utterly unsuitable throughout the earlier twelve months, and I figured he’d be a good check for Tsitsipas, who was made to work in his opener.

Regardless that it appears to be like like a demolition job on paper with a double breadstick rating in 67 minutes, I assumed he performed okay however couldn’t cease Tsitsipas dictating along with his forehand.

As soon as the Greek will get on high with that shot, it’s among the best within the enterprise, and he additionally had a great transferring day with a whole lot of explosiveness.

Musetti awaits within the subsequent spherical.

Most video games have been actually shut. I felt many of the video games have been ending on the 40/30 rating, there was a whole lot of motion. I don’t suppose the rating resembles the match. There was much more than the rating exhibits. We each tried to push one another to the restrict. He was perhaps unable to make the most of sure alternatives and I dealt with them a lot better than I anticipated. I do know I’ve scored good wins right here and performed some good tennis. I wish to come again onto this courtroom and do extra and settle for the brand new challenges. I’m simply making an attempt to take it match by match. I wish to create far more reminiscences on this courtroom and I wish to play higher tomorrow in opposition to Lorenzo, who is a good clay-court participant. Tsitsipas on his win.

Different Matches of Observe

Lorenzo Musetti ended Berrettini’s upset run in an all-Italian conflict on Court docket Rainier III. Berrettini had shocked high seed Alexander Zverev earlier within the match, however Musetti’s clay-court craft proved an excessive amount of as he moved right into a 2-1 H2H lead. The thirteenth seed dictated play with precision, wrapping up the match in straight units, and on clay, I feel he’s an enormous favorite when the 2 meet.

Grigor Dimitrov outlasted Tabilo in a three-set battle on Court docket des Princes. The Bulgarian fifteenth seed dropped the second set however regrouped to dominate the decider. Tabilo flattered to deceive after his win over Djokovic, as he isn’t in good kind, and Grigor ought to actually have boxed that one off in straight units to preserve power.

Alex De Minaur dismantled ninth seed Daniil Medvedev 6-2 6-2 in simply over an hour. The writing was on the wall, given Medvedev’s first two matches, as de Minaur’s pace and counterpunching overwhelmed the Russian from begin to end.

Alexei Popyrin upset fourth seed Casper Ruud 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in a tense 2-hour 58-minute battle, guaranteeing two Aussies have been within the final eight. He survived a marathon first set, saving seven break factors. Whereas Ruud hit again, breaking early to say the second 6-4, the Norwegian squandered a 5-3 lead and two match factors within the decider as Popyrin took it 7-5. 

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina outlasted fifth seed Draper in 2 hours and 46 minutes. He took the primary set 6-3 with sharp shot-making, however Draper rallied within the second, saving a match level at 6-5 within the tiebreak to snag it 8-6. The Brit served faltered within the third, touchdown simply 48% of first serves and coughing up 10 double faults total, together with the match-ending one at 4-6.

Lastly, Arthur Fils dismantled 2023 champ Andrey Rublev in a brisk 62 minutes, profitable 6-2, 6-3. The twelfth seed dominated with an 81% first-serve level win fee and transformed 5 of 9 break factors.

Rublev couldn’t counter Fils’s all-around aggression on Court docket des Princes, and I feel Fils’ forehand is an actual menace on clay; it appeared way more potent than Rublev’s (who you affiliate as somebody who whacks the ball), and he could possibly be a homegrown issue at Roland Garros.

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