Alejandro Davidovich Fokina spoke after the final of the Monte-Carlo tournament. He launched into a long series of thanks and took advantage to give an appointment to his opponent of the day. “Congratulations to Stefanos, I hope to have a rematch soon and I hope we have more battles. Thanks to my team for coming. It’s a dream come true. Thanks to the public for me to have endured throughout the week. It was incredible. When I was a child I watched all the finals and I was looking forward to coming here and I hope to be here next year”, explained the young Spaniard from 22 years old.

Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas reflected on his success at this Monte-Carlo tournament. “I’m proud of myself. I had a good match even if it was difficult, I’m happy to finish on this tie-break. Sometimes you doubt yourself, it’s always important to keep the head held high, revealed the Greek before talking about his opponent of the day. I respect Davidovich Fokina because he fought well, he is a great fighter. I knew he was going to be dangerous and I think it is a great victory against him.”

Stefanos Tsitsipas adds his name alongside those of Rafael Nadal and Juan Carlos Ferrero among the players who have won the Monte-Carlo tournament twice in a row. The Greek was, once again today, clinical and did not lose focus when Alejandro Davidovich Fokina broke him in the second set.

At the time of the change of sides on the occasion of this tie-break, Stefanos Tsitsipas takes the upper hand for the moment on Davidovich Fokina who is back to the wall in this final of the Monte-Carlo tournament. It is 5-1 for the Greek who is two points from winning the tournament.

The text explanation will continue in a tie-break in this second round of the final of the Monte-Carlo tournament. Stefanos Tsitsipas trailed 15-30 but managed to win his face-off.

After his break, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina returned to the front in this second round of the final of the Monte-Carlo tournament despite a canceled game. The Spaniard won his face-off and will put pressure on Stefanos Tsitsipas who will serve to stay alive in this second set.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is still in difficulty on his face-off. The Spaniard struggles to win his serve at a crucial moment in this final of the Monte-Carlo tournament despite two play points.

The Spaniard wins the service game of the Greek and prevents him from winning his second consecutive title in Monte-Carlo. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is still in the game and this match is not over yet. The world number 46 asks for the support of the public which is on fire.

As in the first set in this final of the Monte-Carlo tournament, Davidovich Fokina was broken at one of the worst moments against Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Greek will serve to win the match and the tournament after an extremely balanced game.

It is the first time in this final of the Monte-Carlo tournament that the two men are tied at 40-40. The Greek had two break points while the Spaniard had two balls to conclude his service game.

Stefanos Tsitsipas comes back up to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in this second set of this final of the Monte-Carlo tournament after a game of service of an exceptional level where the two players fought an exceptional fight. Four games everywhere.

Badly placed on his face-off, the Spaniard won his service and managed to stay in front. Aljeandro Davidovich Fokina had the help of the net at 30-30 and apologized to his opponent.

After losing three consecutive service games, the Greek comes back up to Davidovich Fokina in this second round of the final of the Monte-Carlo tournament. There are three games everywhere in a final where the face-offs are rather hasty.