Novak Djokovic says goodbye early to the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 and paves the way for Rafael Nadal to his twelfth title in the Principality. The Serbian tennis player, the first seed of the tournament and the main favorite with the Balearic Islands, hit it loudly against Daniel Evans, who is not even a specialist in clay courts, and succumbed in the second round after two sets in which Djokovic, who had started his career beating a rival like the pearl Jannik Sinner, appeared in the round of 16 with good feelings, but needed to confirm that his tennis He is the one to fight for everything in the dirt season. For this, Nole needed talent, but also a regularity in his game that was conspicuous by his absence against Evans. The British tennis player, who after more than a decade as a professional had only added six victories on clay, surprised Nole in the first set to 0-3 with two breaks in favor. Taking advantage of the desperation of Djokovic, to whom absolutely nothing came out, Evans knew how to maintain patience in a give and take of service breaks to, after the tie for number one, deal the final blow to score the first set 6-4 The logic led to an immediate reaction from Djokovic and the number one was not going to disappoint. A 3-0 set to start the second set put the first stone for the number one comeback, but everything was going to be part of an oasis in the Monegasque desert, confirmed with the loss of service by Nole, who was sailing again by unknown terrain against a rival, we repeat, nothing outstanding for his results on gravel and specialist in fast tracks.It was not the day of Djokovic, who in the eighth game would lose the opportunity to break in a kilometer game and in the tenth he gave another occasion, in this case to close the set. Evans, however, was not going to waste the moment and with a break, the decisive one in the second, sealed the victory and dismissed Novak in the second round with the great surprise of the tournament under his arm.
