In Monte Carlo Jannik can overtake Alacaraz at the top of the ATP rankings. Having drawn the draw, he can find Zverev in the semi-finals. And Musetti is finally back too
Jannik Sinner will make his debut in the Monte Carlo tournament in the second round against the winner of the wild card match Kouame and French Humbert.The days in the Principality will be very important for Jannik who trained on the red clay of the Monegasque Club and who he hopes to overtake Carlos Alcaraz for first place right at home in the world rankings. Monte Carlo will be an important test in view of Rome and Paris, tournaments in which Sinner wants to take revenge against Alcaraz after the South Tyrolean’s defeats in the final. Sinner has always said he prefers hard courts, especially because clay courts were a rarity in his home as a child. Even his very fast shots are more suited to the surface on which the Italian tennis player triumphed in Indian Wells and Miami. But the Paris slam is missing from Sinner’s palmares and after coming very close last year, when Alcaraz canceled out four match balls for him, then overturning in his favor a match that seemed lost, Sinner is training to eliminate that gap he still seems to have against the Spaniard, he grew up on the red clay fields of Murcia. Sinner’s statistics so far don’t lie: Jannik has won 71.4% of matches on clay, 74.4% on grass (but in 2025 he triumphed at Wimbledon) and 81.5% on hard courts. Even the long-lasting battles which are more frequent on clay due to the length of the exchanges were a handicap for the Sinner who is undergoing transformation also from a physical point of view. The one in Umag at the moment remains the only tournament won by Sinner on clay, but the tests in Rome and Paris last year show that Jannik is now much more at ease on the slow surface and above all he arrives in Monte Carlo with the wind in his sails after the victories in Indian Wells and Miami. On the other hand, Carlos Alcara must regain a condition that didn’t seem to be at its best in the American tournaments. This is why overtaking in Monte Carlo is absolutely achievable.
Musetti is back
Lorenzo Musetti he will finally return to play after a long absence due to problems with his right arm. His last two matches date back to January 29th against Djokovic in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, with withdrawal due to injury, and then on March 6 in the knockout on his debut at Indian Wells against Fucsovicsafter which he was forced to stop again. Sinner and Zverev they are in the same half of the board and will therefore be able to meet in semi-final. On the other hand, possible semi-final Alcaraz and Musettiwhich in the round of 16 could give rise to an Italian derby with Luciano Darderi and in the quarterfinals he could find it Flavio Cobolli. The first opponent for Musetti will emerge from the challenge between the home hero Vacherot And Majchrzak. Berrettiniin the draw with a wild card, will make his debut against a tennis player from qualifications. In case of victory, there will be Medvedev waiting for him in the second round.
