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Italy's Jannik Sinner made a smooth transition from dominating the hard court season to clay court by beating American Sebastian Korda 6-1, 6-2 in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday. Meanwhile, defending champion Andrey Rublev of Russia suffered an early exit, losing to Australian Alexei Popyrin 6-4, 6-4.
The Italian second seed won 95 percent of points on his first serve and saved all three break points to improve his impressive run to 23-1 this year. He has already won three titles this year, including the Australian Open, the Rotterdam Open and the Miami Open.
Jannik Sinner celebrates reaching the Monte Carlo Masters third round in Monte Carlo, Monaco, April 10, 2024. /CFP
"I moved quite well in these conditions," said the 22-year-old Sinner. "Every year it is tough to come here and perform well, but I am happy with the performance."
Sinner, a semifinalist last year at Monte Carlo, faces Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff on Thursday in the third round, joining 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic of Serbia, who takes on unseeded Italian Lorenzo Musetti.
Also on Wednesday, defending champion and eighth seed Rublev was knocked out by unseeded Popyrin.
Popyrin, who is ranked 46th in the world, broke in the third game of the first set, but Rublev broke to take a 3-1 lead in the second, only for the Australian to hit back immediately. A further break made it 5-4 to Popyrin, and he held serve to reach the third round at Monte Carlo for the first time, where he faces fellow Australian Alex de Minaur.
"He is probably the best player from the baseline when you give him rhythm, so I tried to change the pace, height and spin, and I think it worked really well for me today," said Popyrin.
(With input from AP, Reuters)