{"id":97063,"date":"2026-04-11T13:07:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T11:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/?p=97063"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:07:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T11:07:29","slug":"mcilroy-tunes-into-semi-finals-before-masters-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/mcilroy-tunes-into-semi-finals-before-masters-play\/","title":{"rendered":"McIlroy Tunes Into Semi-finals Before Masters Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s blockbuster semi-final line-up at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters has caught the attention of five-time major golf champion Rory McIlroy, who will take a six-shot lead into Day 3 of The Masters in Augusta.<\/p>\n<p>The defending champion has plenty of time to kill before his 2:50 p.m. tee time with Sam Burns. He was asked what he would do to stay relaxed and keep his mind off the huge lead. Turns out that watching a little tennis will be part of his preparation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll try to take my mind off it; distraction is usually a good thing for me, especially with a late tee time and the lead,\u201d McIlroy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s actually two really good semi-finals in Monte-Carlo in the tennis, so I\u2019ll watch that. You\u2019ve got Sinner and Zverev and Vacherot and Alcaraz. We\u2019ve been watching the tennis early in the mornings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy is a big tennis fan an attended last month&#8217;s Miami Open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McIlroy to use tennis to stay relaxed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classifiee-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rory McIlroy Tunes Into Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters Tennis To Relax<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Defending champion Rory McIlroy to watch Sinner-Zverev and Vacherot-Alcaraz to not think about the six-shot lead he takes Into The Masters Say 3.\" 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