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Unseeded players Borna Coric of Croatia and Lorenzo Musetti of Italy have advanced to the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters. Musetti downed 13th-seeded American Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 and Coric toppled No. 16 Alexander Bublik 6-1, 6-1. Jan-Lennard Struff had nine aces in a 1-6, 7-6, 6-2 victory against Sebastian Baez while Tallon Griekspoor also advanced with a 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 win against Dominik Koepfer. Monte Carlo is the first clay-court Masters of the season. Top-ranked Novak Djokovic hopes to win it for the third time but first since 2015. Second-ranked Jannik Sinner looks to continue his strong start to the year.
