{"id":95513,"date":"2026-04-06T17:58:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/?p=95513"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:09:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:09:46","slug":"cerundolo-sinks-tsitsipas-who-slips-from-top-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/cerundolo-sinks-tsitsipas-who-slips-from-top-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Cerundolo Sinks Tsitsipas, Who Slips From Top 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Francisco Cerundolo had never beaten Stefanos Tsitsipas heading into their blockbuster first-round meeting Monday at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. He was also taking on the Greek at his favourite hunting ground, where the former World No. 3 has won three titles.<\/p>\n<p>But on current form, Cerundolo deserved to start the favourite and backed up that billing with a 7-5, 6-4 win.<\/p>\n<p>Cerundolo is at a career-high No. 17 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings; Tsitsipas is at No. 64, his lowest mark since 2018.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XORH4WpzrDQ?si=ajs6cDldvH9ltfEZ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cerundolo took advantage of Tsitsipas\u2019 38 unforced errors to claim his 50th match win at ATP Masters 1000 level and book a second-round meeting with Czech Tomas Machac, a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 winner over Daniel Altmaier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d lost twice to Stefanos on indoor hard courts so I knew that today it would be different, but he\u2019s won here three times, so I knew it would be super difficult,\u201d Cerundolo said. \u201cI felt really good and played a great match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got a little tight in the second set and he started to play better, but I stayed tough mentally and managed to close it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a match of shifting momentum, Cerundolo broke in the opening game but was later forced to break Tsitsipas at 3-5 to stay in the set. In the second set the Argentine raced to a 4-0 lead only to see the Greek fight back to level at 4-all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Argentine Masters 1000 Win Leaders<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc;\">Player<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc;\">Country<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: right; padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc;\">Win-Loss<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5;\">David Nalbandian<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5;\">ARG<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5; text-align: right;\">113-69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5;\">Juan Martin del Potro<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; 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