On April 13, Beijing time, the second round of the ATP1000 Monte Carlo Masters continued. In a future star showdown, the tournament's No. 8 seed Alcaraz met world number 42 Koda. The two players met once in last year's Forces Nouvelles Finals, when Alcaraz won in three straight sets.
In the first five sets of the match, both sides saved serves, and Koda took a 3-2 lead. In the 6th set, Koda took the lead in completing the break and took a 4-2 advantage. In the 7th set, Alcaraz quickly completed the comeback and then he saved to make it 4-4. Koda lost the 9th set and then broke alcaraz's serve in the 10th set to win the set. Alcaraz broke again in the 11th inning, and koda broke back with four consecutive runs in the 12th inning. The two sides went into the seventh 6-6, grabbed the seventh set Anda led all the way, and won the first set 7-2 to grab the seventh.
In the second set, Alcaraz broke in the second set to take a 3-0 lead at the start. In the 5th inning, Koda broke to make it 2-3, and then Alcaraz broke again to take a 4-2 lead. Koda then broke through the band to make it 4-4. In the 10th inning, Koda stubbornly saved three final points to save the set, bringing the set to 5-5. In the 11th set, Alcaraz defused two break points to save the serve, and in the 12th set, Koda successfully saved the set, and the game once again entered the seventh. Inning seven, Alcaraz was even better, winning the second set 7-5.
In the decider, Alcaraz broke through consecutively to make it 2-0. In the 4th inning, Koda completed a comeback to chase the set to 2-2. In the 5th set, Koda saved 3 break points to save the success. In the 8th set, Koda completed a key break and came to win the game 5-3. In the 9th set, Koda managed to save his serve and won the decider 6-3.
In the end, in a game that took 3 hours and 02 minutes, world number 42 Koda defeated the popular fried chicken Alcaraz 7-6 (2)/ 6-7 (5)/ 6-3 to successfully advance to the monte Carlo men's singles round of 16. In the next round, Koda will face the winner between 10th seed Fritz and Cilic. Alcaraz suffered his third defeat of the season and missed the start to the European clay season.