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The Greek player, who has faced struggles in recent months, continued his strong connection with the Monaco tournament, having won three of the last four editions. Tsitsipas, the current world number eight, has now won nineteen out of the twenty matches he\u2019s played in Monaco. He had to dig deep to overcome Thompson, asserting his status as both the defending champion and the sixth seed.<\/p>\n
Tsitsipas showed his dominance, claiming his fifth victory in six encounters against Thompson in this second-round clash. Tsitsipas, who won the 2025 Dubai title, has always been most comfortable on the clay of Monaco, a surface where he has excelled in the past.<\/p>\n
In the next round, Tsitsipas will face the winner of the match between Portuguese Nuno Borges, who advanced to the second round after Danish player Holger Rune withdrew, and Spaniard Pedro Mart\u00ednez, who defeated Italy\u2019s Lorenzo Sonego.<\/p>\n
In other results, American Frances Tiafoe advanced to the round of 16 after a hard-fought three-set victory over Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (6-2, 5-7, 7-6(5)). He will face Australian Alexei Popyrin, who defeated Frenchman Ugo Humbert.<\/p>\n
British player Jack Draper also made it to the round of 16 after a one-hour victory over American Marcos Giron. Draper will next face the winner of the match between Argentine Tom\u00e1s Mart\u00edn Etcheverry and Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich.<\/p>\n
The Antetokounmpo family announced a new company<\/p>\n