Monte Carlo, Monaco – Novak Djokovic face serious defeat as Alejandro Tabilo beat am 6-3, 6-4 in second round of Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday. Dis game wey take less than one hour and half, na sharp reminder say anything fit happen for tennis.
Tabilo, wey dey ranked 32, no drop one set against Djokovic ever. E don follow Marat Safin and Jiri Vesely as di only players wey don play Djokovic more than once and still no lose. Tabilo wey don lose to Djokovic last year for Italian Open, collect dis victory after he break Djokovic twice wey dey look subdued for court.
“I expected myself to at least put in better performance. Not like dis, na horrible,” Djokovic talk after di match. Him make 29 unforced errors for di game and no fit find di rhythm wey dem don know am for.
Tabilo kwekwe for second set with better serves, and he close di match on him second match point after Djokovic return im strong serve too long. “I remember wetin I do well last time, thankfully my serves help me,” Tabilo add after di match.
Di defeat mean say Djokovic still dey wait to win im 100th ATP Tour title, after him drop to 0-3 this season. Di 38-year-old go turn 38 next month and di French Open dey come soon.
Earlier for di tournament, Carlos Alcaraz don show strength as him comeback from first set loss to beat Francisco Cerundolo 3-6, 6-0, 6-1. Di world No. 3 don dey seek im second title for 2025, while Tabilo go face 15th seed Grigor Dimitrov next.
Alcaraz talk say, “I no start well. I make plenty mistakes but I knew say I need to play more aggressive.” Dis match go prepare am for di clay-court season ahead of di French Open.
Other seeds like Andrey Rublev and Casper Ruud also show their own strength as dey move to di next round without wahala. Di competition dey hot and many players dey fight to get di top prize as di Masters Series dey continue.
