Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates with his trophy after winning the Monte Carlo ATP Masters Series tournament in Monaco on Sunday, April 17, 2022 (April 18 in Manila). AFP PHOTOMONTE CARLO: Stefanos Tsitsipas said he is aiming to finish the season in the world's top two after successfully defending his Monte Carlo Masters title with a hard-fought victory over Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in Sunday's (Monday in Manila) final. It was the 23-year-old Greek's eighth ATP title and first in 11 months as he made the perfect start to the clay-court season. Tsitsipas became the sixth player to win back-to-back Monte Carlo Masters in the Open era, emulating Nadal, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Thomas Muster, Bjorn Borg and Ilie Nastase. Fokina had knocked out world number one Djokovic earlier this week but could not repeat those heroics in his first ATP final, losing for the third time in as many meetings with Tsitsipas.

Source: Manila Times April 18, 2022 22:13 UTC