Novak Djokovic made history on Friday by making it to the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters semifinals for the first time since winning the tournament in 2015. This put him just two victories away from completing his third sweep of all nine ATP Masters 1000 titles.
The world No. 1 wasn’t at his fluid best against Alex de Minaur in a close match, but he managed to find the necessary level to win 7-5, 6-4. The 36-year-old is going for a record-tying 41st ATP Masters 1000 title this week, having made history on Sunday by being the oldest No. 1 in ATP Rankings history.
Djokovic expressed his happiness after the win and said: “I am very happy to be back in the semis. It has been a while. I love this tournament. I love this club as well, I have been training at this club for many years. The past seven, eight years have been tough for me to win seven or eight matches consecutively, but here we are another semis.”
Novak Djokovic on being back in the Monte Carlo SF for first time since 2015:
“I’m very happy to be back in the semis. It’s been a while. I love this tournament. I know this club very well. I’ve trained for so many years here. Last 7 or 8 years have been tough for me to win… pic.twitter.com/y3418bKeDb
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) April 12, 2024
Djokovic in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, ranking, and results in 2024
LWWWWWWLWW Ranked world no.1, Novak has a compiled 10-3 match record in 2024. Novak is now playing in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters where he managed to beat the world no.41 Roman Safiullin 6-1 6-2 and the world no.24 Lorenzo Musetti 7-5 6-3.
Novak Djokovic will play the world no.11 Alex De Minaur in the quarter on Friday at 3:30 pm on COURT RAINIER III. Their current head to head is 1-1.
Novak won 98 titles in his career: 52 on hard courts, 19 on clay courts, 19 on indoor courts and 8 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
