Rafael Nadal needed just 55 minutes to crush Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-1 at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters tournament. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIER“He is who he is on the clay. If you don’t do the necessary things against him, then obviously you don’t stand a chance,” Grigor Dimitrov said of Rafael Nadal. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIER“I feel a little bit sorry for him today, that he played I think a bad match. I did my thing. But that’s it,” Rafael Nadal said after sweeping Grigor Dimitrov in Monte-Carlo. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIERReigning champion Fabio Fognini slid into a 6-2, 7-6(1) win Filip Krajinovic for his ninth straight Monte-Carlo win. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIERFifth-seeded Alexander Zverev fell to David Goffin then took out his rage on his racquet smashing it after losing match point. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIERNo. 11-seeded David Goffin will face Dan Evans in the quarterfinals as the Belgian aims to reach his second Monte-Carlo Masters semifinal. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIERBritish No. 1 Daniel Evans shocked Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5 handing the world No. 1 his first loss of the 2021 season. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIERAndrey Rublev of Russia battled Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain in a physical three-set test. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIER” To be honest, I mean, this has been probably one of the worst matches and performances from my side I can recall in the last years,” world No. 1 Novak Djokovic said after bowing to Dan Evans. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIERTwenty-one-year-old Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who beat Matteo Berrettini earlier in the event, fought off Lucas Pouille to reach his first Masters quarterfinal. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIERPablo Carreno Busta engaged in a three-set baseline battle against Casper Ruud. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIER
