Day 7 at Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters boiled the tournament down to their last two, with Carlos Alcaraz and Lorenzo Musetti who served their places in Sunday’s championship match.
Alcaraz produced a cleaner screen to remove Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in an entertaining 7-6 (2), 6-4 collision, overcome a spraying of some advance and five missed match points to reach their first Masters 1000 final since Indian Wells 2024.
In the meantime, Lorenzo Musetti wrote another chapter in his week with comebacks, exceeding Alex de Minaur 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4) in a rain-soaked semi-finals.
Italian’s feeling and resilience turned the tide after a first-set of drinking, marked his first Masters 1000 final and covered a run that saw him avoid defeat against Bu, Lehecka and Tsitsipas.
With Alcaraz chasing a sixth Masters 1000 title and Musetti who sees its largest career crown, Monte-Carlos final should be good if the weather plays ball 🌧
Day seven 2025 Monte Carlo Semi end result
| Winner | Loser | Results line |
|---|---|---|
| Lorenzo Musetti (13) | Alex de Minaur (8) | 1-6 6-4, 7-6 (4) |
| Carlos Alcaraz (2) | Alekandro Davidovich Fokina | 7-6 (2) 6-4 |
Alcaraz Downs Davidovich Fokina
Carlos Alcaraz is back in a Masters 1000 final, his first in 13 months, after an impressive 7-6 (2), 6-4 victory over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Saturday.
The Spanjolen hit three at 5-3 in a 65-minute opener and released earn with back-to-back forehand errors (which he tends to do). But he locked in for a clinical tiebreak and did not meet a breaking point in the other.
Alcaraz has had a very nice course this week. He could have dropped, but he gets better every round, and his variety on clay is the top box. When he produces the drop shot, it feels like he is winning the point, and I liked his all-round game today.
Davidovich Fokina is not a slouch with his distorting defense. He often has his super-long service games, no more than the 13-minute hold of 1-2 in the second set. However, Alcaraz stopped composed in the entire set, and do not let 5 missed match points worry him when he closed it in 2 hours and 10 minutes.
For ADF, he makes a top 30 return thanks to Delray Beach, Acapulco and Monte Carlo, and he should have a good clay court season.
It has been a long time. I had to be patience and believe that this moment would come again. Sometimes the people are not patience, they want me to do the final in each tournament. I’m really happy to give them the chance to look at one of my finals again. I think I played really good tennis from the beginning to the last point. I tried to take the chances he gave me in the match. He saved many break points and match points, but I’m really happy to [have] Thought of myself. The most important thing is that I feel good physically. Alcaraz on his win.
Match statistics
| Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | Carlos Alcaraz | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | 19 | 21 |
| Unwavering errors | 40 | 28 |
| Ace | 3 | 0 |
| Double error | 3 | 1 |
| 1st Earn % | 68% (74/109) | 66% (48/73) |
| 1st serving points won | 64% (47/74) | 65% (31/48) |
| 2nd serving points won | 34% (12/35) | 64% (16/25) |
| Break Points saved | 84% (16/19) | 71% (5/7) |
| Service Games | 73% (8/11) | 82% (9/11) |
| 1st return score won | 35% (17/48) | 36% (27/74) |
| 2nd return points won | 36% (9/25) | 66% (23/35) |
| Break Points won | 29% (2/7) | 16% (3/19) |
| Return games | 18% (2/11) | 27% (3/11) |
| Service points | 54% (59/109) | 64% (47/73) |
| Return points | 36% (26/73) | 46% (50/109) |
| Net points | 80% (12/15) | 88% (7/8) |
| Total score | 47% (85/182) | 53% (97/182) |
| Match points saved | 5 | 0 |
| Max points in line | 5 | 6 |
| Total games | 45% (10/22) | 55% (12/22) |
| Max -game in line | 3 | 3 |
Highlights
Minaur Musurs de Menses
Lorenzo Musetti is in its first Masters 1000 final and struggles back to take out 8th seed Alex de Minaur 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4) in a rain-damped Monte-Carlo semi-finals.
As the Aussians would say, Musetti became Walloped in the first set, but he eventually found his foot and used his clay court experience to Outfox de Minaur.
Even after failing to serve the match at 5-4 in the third by double error on the breaking point and fell 0-2 down in tiebreak, he kept the nerve to take the switch 7-4 to seal it after 2 hours 38 minutes.
The Minaur, who had crushed Medvedev and Dimitrov earlier, looked motionless early, but his forehand was vacated in the decision, and I thought Musetti was playing bold tennis in the key moment.
This victory caps a week of escape for Italian, ranked as no. 16. He was two points from defeat against Bu yunchaokete (4-6, 7-5, 6-3), survived a first set of bread sticks against Lehecka (1-6, 7-5, 6-2) and on RHW jams against Tsitipas (1-6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6-6
I always struggle to start and find a rhythm but today Alex played really solid and the conditions were difficult. It was slow today with the rain and it was not easy to break through the Alex wall. I started to be more patience and that was the key. Confidence is something you have to experience to believe. It is something really remarkable and shares these beautiful moments with my friends and family. It’s my home and I feel at home. Musetti on its winnings.
Match statistics
| Lorenzo Musetti | Alex de Minaur | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | 20 | 23 |
| Unwavering errors | 43 | 45 |
| Ace | 2 | 1 |
| Double error | 1 | 3 |
| 1st Earn % | 67% (62/93) | 52% (49/94) |
| 1st serving points won | 60% (37/62) | 73% (36/49) |
| 2nd serving points won | 41% (13/32) | 40% (18/45) |
| Break Points saved | 42% (5/12) | 44% (4/9) |
| Service Games | 53% (8/15) | 64% (9/14) |
| 1st return score won | 27% (13/49) | 40% (25/62) |
| 2nd return points won | 60% (27/45) | 59% (19/32) |
| Break Points won | 56% (5/9) | 58% (7/12) |
| Return games | 36% (5/14) | 47% (7/15) |
| Service points | 53% (49/93) | 57% (54/94) |
| Return points | 43% (40/94) | 47% (44/93) |
| Net points | 82% (9/11) | 78% (18/23) |
| Total score | 48% (89/187) | 52% (98/187) |
| Match points saved | 0 | 0 |
| Max points in line | 7 | 6 |
| Total games | 45% (13/29) | 55% (16/29) |
| Max -game in line | 3 | 3 |
Highlights
Monte Carlo 2025 Day 8 Final
- Lorenzo Musetti (13) vs Carlos Alcaraz (2)
