The Alcaraz Monte Carlo Masters is all about winning from zero wins to zero titles

16/04/2025 13:02:00 pandatv

Ahead of the 2025 season, Spanish all-around Alcaraz and Monte Carlo Masters are close to each other. Alcaraz, who has won many victories in the Grand Slam and Masters, has only participated in the Monte Carlo Masters for the only time in 2022, and after a bye in the first round, he was eliminated in the first match in the second round, and a win is hard to find. In 2023 and 2024, Alcaraz did not participate in the Monte Carlo Masters for two consecutive years due to injury.

Participating in the Monte Carlo Masters for the second time this year, Alcaraz withstood the pressure and kept a low profile. After a bye in the first round, in the first match of the second round, Alcaraz will face Argentine clay ace Fernando Cerundolo, and whether he can achieve a zero win in the Monte Carlo Masters is a move. Unexpectedly, after Alcaraz broke serve first and led 2:1 in the first set, he suddenly dropped the chain, lost four games in a row, and finally lost the first set 3:6. At that time, hundreds of millions of fans couldn't help but lament: Is the Monte Carlo Masters really Alcaraz's curse, really hard to win?

Who would have thought that after the rollercoaster performance of the two sides in the first set, the second set and the deciding set ushered in an even more thrilling rollercoaster performance for both sides. 6:0 6:1, Alcaraz submitted his opponent in two sets in a row with a devastating momentum, achieving a breakthrough of zero wins in the Monte Carlo Masters. After that, Arras won three more games, knocking out German SLR player Altmaier, French handsome Fez and Spanish friend Fokina, and successfully reached the final of the Monte Carlo Masters.

At this time, hundreds of millions of fans are looking forward to it: Alcaraz, who has achieved a breakthrough of zero wins in his career Monte Carlo Masters, can he complete his work and go one step further, defeating Musetti, a post-00 SLR genius in Italy, in the final and achieving a breakthrough of zero titles in his career Monte Carlo Masters?

Thinking back to the 2021 Cincinnati Masters, the German tank Zverev Jr. once created a legend: since 2015, he has participated in six consecutive years, and one defeat is hard to find; In his seventh competition in 2021, Zverev Jr. not only broke through with zero wins, but also made a breakthrough with zero wins and finally won the Cincinnati Masters championship trophy. The past of the predecessors is vivid. Alcaraz should inspire himself and follow the example of his predecessors, and after achieving a breakthrough of zero wins in the Monte Carlo Masters, he finally broke through the Monte Carlo Masters with zero wins.

However, how tough it is to win the Monte Carlo Masters! In the 20 years since 2005 (2020 was not played due to the pandemic), the Monte Carlo Masters has produced only six champions: Spanish clay king Rafael Nadal (11 titles), Greek pirate Tsitsipas (three titles), Serbian king Djokovic (twice); In addition, Swiss titan Wawrinka, Italian handsome old man Fognini and Russian golden monkey Rublev won the championship once. At that time, the Swiss king Federer, British Sir Murray and other top masters failed to succeed in the Monte Carlo Masters, leaving a forever regret in their careers!

Sure enough, at the beginning of the final of the 2025 Monte Carlo Masters, there was almost the same drama as the first set of Alcaraz's first match against Ver Cerundolo: Alcaraz took the lead in breaking serve as soon as he came up, leading Musetti 1-0, and then suddenly dropped the chain, lost four games in a row, and finally lost the first set 3-6. Hundreds of millions of fans are sweating for Alcaraz: this is a big hole for themselves, how can they fill the hole and finally win?

At this time, the dramatic scene happened again! Just like the 6-0 6-1 victory over Ver Cerundolo in the last two sets of the first match, Alcaraz fought back in the last two sets of the final, winning two consecutive sets with a score of 6-1 6-0 to defeat the Italian post-00 single-lens reflex genius Musetti and win the Monte Carlo Masters.