ATP Monte Carlo Day 4 Predictions, Including Daniil Medvedev versus Gael Monfils
The fourth day at the ATP Monte Carlo Masters should be the best yet. As always, we here at LWOT will be presenting our predictions for all eleven matches on the schedule on day four in the Principality, but who will book their place in the third round?ATP Monte Carlo Day 4 Predictions
Clay has been Felix Auger-Aliassime’s least preferred surface during his career. But he started his 2024 season on the dirt quite impressively against Luca Nardi in the last round. Lorenzo Sonego is in the second-round as a lucky loser.
Yet, the Italian is more than talented on clay when he finds his range, evidenced by a quarterfinal run at the ATP Monte Carlo Masters in 2019. At his best, Auger-Aliassime’s power will propel him to victory but do not be surprised if this is a close match.
2021 French Open runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas will surely be relieved to return to the Masters 1000 event he’s won on two occasions.
It has been a poor start to the season for the Greek and he has to generate momentum somewhere. However, this is a really hard opening match. Tomas Martin Etcheverry plays his best tennis on clay, reaching the quarterfinal at Roland Garros last year.
An upset is not improbable if the Argentine strikes his thunderous forehand as well as he can. But the conditions in Monte Carlo always suit Tsitsipas’ game wonderfully and he should have enough to victory.
Grigor Dimitrov has justifiably gotten considerable plaudits for his superb tennis in the last 12 months. Yet, he will need perform better than he did in the opening set against wildcard Valentin Vacherot, where he labored significantly, to overcome Miomir Kecmanovic.
Kecmanovic brought recent Marrakech winner Matteo Berrettini plummeting back to earth with a crushing victory in the first-round. Dimitrov’s level for most of the season will be good enough against Kecmanovic.
That makes the Bulgarian the favorite, but a setback against an opponent who is a strong clay court player is not out of the question.
Gael Monfils is developing a habit of being involved in epic bouts in 2024. He achieved this again in the previous round by returning from 4-1 behind in the third set to beat Aleksandar Vukic 6-7, 6-3, 7-5.
Unfortunately, the former French Open semifinalist did not receive a day’s relaxation following his huge performance. That could be what decides this contest. It is well-known that Daniil Medvedev is least comfortable on clay, despite his run to the title in Rome last year.
But he will still make this match very physical, which might be somewhat too much for the almost 38-year-old Monfils to handle after his hard first-round battle.
