On the evening of April 14, Beijing time, in the men's singles final of the 2024 ATP Monte Carlo Masters, the No. 8 seed Ruud played against the No. 12 seed Tsitsipas, and in the end, Tsitsipas won the third Masters championship with a straight set score of 2-0!
On the way to qualify, Ruud eliminated Tabilo, Hurkacz, Ember, and Djokovic, which was full of gold! Especially in the face of Djokovic, Ruud ended the latter's losing streak and defeated the world No. 1 for the first time, becoming Djokovic's terminator. Tsitsipas defeated Zverev and others, and in the last round, he defeated Sinner, the world's No. 2 and new Australian Open champion. Ruud will be aiming for his first Masters title, while Tsitsipas will be aiming for his third title.
In the first set, the two men each held serve 1-1 in the first two games. In the third game, Tsitsipas broke first to make it 2-1, then saved a break point and held serve for 3-1. In the fifth game, Tsitsipas broke again to consolidate the advantage at 4-1. In the 7th game, Ruud's serve that had no way back in the set was lost again, and Tsitsipas easily took the next game with a key break of 6-1 and led Ruud 1-0.
In the second set, the two came up to enter the tiebreaker, and the first six games were tied at 3-3. In the seventh game, the two battled hard, with Tsitsipas saving a break point and holding serve to maintain a 4-3 lead. In the 8th game, Ruud also held serve 4-4. In the crucial 9th game, Tsitsipas dropped four straight points to hold serve 5-4. In the 10th game, Tsitsipas broke again 6-4 and won the championship with a big score of 2-0.