Stefanos Tsitsipas drops to world number 65 following Monte Carlo exit

Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas was eliminated in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters tournament after losing to Argentine Francisco Cerundolo. The match concluded in two sets with a score of 7-5 and 6-4. Cerundolo, identified in reports as a 19-year-old, established an early lead in the first set and managed a key break in the ninth game of the second set to secure the victory. As a result of this defeat in a 1000-point event, Tsitsipas is expected to drop 17 places in the official ATP world rankings. He will fall from the 48th position to the 65th, a ranking he previously held in April 2018. The official updated rankings are scheduled to be announced this coming Monday. Tsitsipas, who reached a career-high of world number 3 in 2021, has struggled to find form in this competition.