{"id":481894,"date":"2024-04-14T11:21:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T15:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=481894"},"modified":"2024-04-14T11:26:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T15:26:58","slug":"tsitsipas-destroys-ruud-to-lift-monte-carlo-title","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/tsitsipas-destroys-ruud-to-lift-monte-carlo-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsitsipas destroys Ruud to lift Monte Carlo title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stefanos Tsitsipas continued his dominance at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters on Sunday, securing his third title in four years in the Principality with a convincing 6-1, 6-4 victory over Casper Ruud.<\/p>\n<p>Known for his exceptional performances in Monte-Carlo, Tsitsipas once again showcased his prowess on the court, delivering a masterful display against Ruud in front of a packed crowd at Court Rainier III. Employing aggressive shot-making and strategic movement, Tsitsipas consistently pushed Ruud deep into the court with his powerful forehand and capitalized on opportunities to advance forward, exploiting the Norwegian&#8217;s defensive positioning.<\/p>\n<p>With his commanding win in just one hour and 37 minutes, Tsitsipas joined an elite group of players to have won three or more Monte-Carlo titles, including Rafael Nadal (11), Bjorn Borg (3), Thomas Muster (3), and Ilie Nastase (3).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Look at what it means \ud83e\udd7a<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steftsitsipas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@steftsitsipas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RolexMonteCarloMasters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#RolexMonteCarloMasters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uNwhlaCDYo\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/uNwhlaCDYo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tennis TV (@TennisTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TennisTV\/status\/1779524156222058709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Following his victory, Tsitsipas displayed a mix of elation and emotion, collapsing to the court before rising to embrace Ruud and share a heartfelt moment with his team. This triumph in Monte-Carlo marks a significant milestone for Tsitsipas, who will look to build on this success and gain momentum for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stefanos Tsitsipas continued his dominance at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters on Sunday, securing his third title in four years in the Principality with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":481895,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16863,18242,17249],"news_category":[16714],"gn_keywords":[17898,18735,18070],"acf":{"announce":"The Greek let his opponent win just five games in the final","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/481894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/481894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":481900,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/481894\/revisions\/481900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481894"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=481894"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=481894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}