MONTECARLO.- Triple tournament winner, Stefanos Tsitsipas (48th) was eliminated this Monday in his debut in the Monte Carlo Masters 1000defeated 7-5 and 6-4 by the Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo (19th).
It is the first time in eight appearances that the 27-year-old Greek, champion in 2021, 2022 and 2024, falls in his debut in the Monegasque tournament.
In the last edition it was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Tsitsipas has not beaten one of the 20 best players in the world since August 2024, when he defeated the Argentine Sebastian Baez (then 18th) during the Paris Olympic tournament.
Báez fires Wawrinka
The Argentine tennis player Sebastian Baez (N.65) eliminated the Swiss in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 Stan Wawrinkawho at 41 years old played his last game in the Principality.
Báez won by a double 7-5 over the three-time Grand Slam winner, also achieved in the era of the “Big 3” (Federer-Nadal-Djokovic), so in this way he will not be able to fulfill his dream of facing the Spaniard in the second round. Carlos Alcaraznew leader of the circuit ATP.
In his 16th participation and last in Monte Carlo, where he won the title in 2014 against his compatriot Roger Federerthe public mostly supported Wawrinka, who has announced that he will retire at the end of the season.
“When you see the support I have had today, it is one of the reasons why I continue playing at 41 years old, to experience these types of emotions,” declared the Swiss after the match.
Wawrinka succumbed to the momentum of the Argentine, younger (25 years old) and more successful (25 winners and 31 errors to 16-41 for the Swiss), although he sold his defeat dearly, since with 5-1 in favor of Báez in the second set, he was able to win four consecutive games to stretch the match.
Seixas wins the time trial of the Tour of the Basque Country
Paul Seixasthe great hope of French cycling, won the first stage of the Return to the Basque Country this Monday in Bilbao, a 14-kilometer individual time trial that he completely dominated.
Sixas, from the team Decathlon CMA CGMwon for the first time in a race WorldTourthe highest category of cycling.
The 19-year-old French prodigy was 23 seconds ahead of his closest rival, his compatriot Kevin Vauquelin.
On the other hand, the Mexican Isaac Del Toro and spanish Juan Ayusotwo of the favorites for the final victory, had a bad day.
