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It will likely be the title favourite in opposition to a crowd favourite within the remaining of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters on Sunday afternoon.
Carlos Alcaraz and Lorenzo Musetti will battle for the trophy at this 1000-point event, marking the fifth matchup of their careers. Alcaraz leads the head-to-head collection 3-1 and has gained three in a row since shedding their first encounter 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4 within the 2022 Hamburg remaining. Their solely different clay-court contest got here on the 2023 French Open, the place the Spaniard cruised 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.
Alcaraz was the projected champion coming into this week and he has performed prefer it, however not with out a few hiccups. The world No. 3 dropped his opening set to Francisco Cerundolo and he was 5 factors away from a straight-set defeat in opposition to Arthur Fils at 5-5, 0-40 within the second set of their quarterfinal assembly. Alcaraz additionally beat Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-1 and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6(2), 6-4.
