FOURTH-SEEDED Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece recorded a 6-3, 6-4 win over Aslan Karatsev of Russia on Tuesday in their second-round match at the Rolex Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco.
Tsitsipas smashed four aces en route to dispatching Karatsev in one hour, 24 minutes. He advanced to the third round of the tournament for the second straight edition.
“I’m putting (in) hours on the court, trying to become consistent (and) get close to the legends of our sport,” Tsitsipas said. “I am working every single day. I am very far from that, but it is definitely a dream of mine that I want to achieve one day.”
Tsitsipas will face the winner of the match pitting 16th-seeded Cristian Garin of Chile and John Millman of Australia. Garin posted a 7-6 (3), 6-1 win over Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in a rain-interrupted first-round clash that concluded Tuesday, while Millman notched a 6-3, 6-3
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