April 17, 2015 by admin

Federer, Stan bow out without a fight

Monte Carlo, Former world No. 1 Roger Federer was beaten 6-4 7-6(5) by local favourite Gael Monfils in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters on a bad day for the Swiss which also saw Stanislas Wawrinka exit on Thursday.
Defending champion Wawrinka put up only token resistance as his game fell apart in a 55-minute 6-1 6-2 rout at the hands of Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov on Centre Court. Third seed Rafa Nadal, who ruled in Monte Carlo from 2005-12, overcame John Isner, but was given a fright.
The Spaniard had to save two set points in the opening set and then found himself pegged back before advancing to the last eight 7-6(6) 4-6 6-3. Nadal broke decisively in the fourth game of the third set to set up a meeting with Spanish fifth seed David Ferrer or Frenchman Gilles Simon.
Dimitrov will face Monfils in the quarter-finals after the French showman, decked out in green and black stripes, saw off second seed Federer in a high-quality contest.
“It was not the best end to the match,” Federer said. “I should have done better with the break up in the first. I think I did a good job to hang around the second set. I never felt like things were really happening the way I wanted them to be going during the whole match.”
Paes-Nestor out
Leander Paes yet again struggled to go beyond the second round as he and Daniel Nestor bowed out following a close defeat against Benoit Paire and Stan Wawrinka, here today. The sixth seeds lost 6-4 7-6(4) in just 67 minutes to the French-Swiss wild card pair.