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Alcaraz One Step Away From First Monte Carlo Title
The Straits Times
|April 13, 2025
Carlos Alcaraz stormed into his first Masters final in 13 months when he beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 on April 12, but not before his Spanish compatriot saved five match points in a grueling encounter.
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MONTE CARLO - Carlos Alcaraz stormed into his first Masters final in 13 months when he beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 on April 12, but not before his Spanish compatriot saved five match points in a grueling encounter.
Second seed Alcaraz found it difficult to break Davidovich Fokina, succeeding only three times in 19 attempts, and he also wasted three set points in an opening set that lasted over an hour.
Davidovich Fokina was imperious in his defensive game but Alcaraz lifted his service in the second set, in which he did not face a single break point, and reached his first Masters final since he won at Indian Wells in 2024.
He will face Italy's Lorenzo Musetti in the April 13 final after the world No. 16 beat Australia's 10th-ranked Alex de Minaur 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in the other semi-final.
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