The Monte Carlo event was canceled last year because of the pandemic.

He won his last title in February 2020 at the Open 13 indoor tournament in Marseille - just weeks before France went into lockdown for the first time because of the coronavirus pandemic. 'I had a lot of opportunities to hit the forehand and think how I wanted to construct the point.' It was really difficult to maintain my level of consistency, and I am really happy I managed to deal with all the different moments,' Tsitsipas said. Tsitsipas broke his serve five times and remains on track for a sixth career title. But he failed to threaten Tsitsipas in the same way, and the match quickly slid away when he was serving at 3-2 down. I'm really focused for tomorrow.'Įvans beat top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the third round. 'I was able to have all of my matches done in two sets, so that is a big plus. I still have plenty of gas and energy left in me,' Tsitsipas said. Tsitsipas beat Rublev in the quarterfinals at last year's French Open and is the fresher player for Sunday's final. They are level at 3-3 heading into their seventh meeting, including 1-1 on clay. Rublev aims for his second title of the year, his first at Masters level and ninth overall in his career. The big-serving Greek player's opponent will be sixth-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev, who beat unseeded Norwegian Casper Ruud 6-3, 7-5. MONACO - Fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas swatted aside unseeded Daniel Evans 6-2, 6-1 on Saturday to reach the Monte Carlo Masters final for the first time and stay on course for a first title this year.

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