Monte-Carlo Masters 2025 Day 7 Semi-Final Recap - Perfect Tennis

Day 7 at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters boiled the tournament down to its final two, with Carlos Alcaraz and Lorenzo Musetti earning their spots in Sunday’s championship match.

Alcaraz produced a cleaner display to oust Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in an entertaining 7-6(2), 6-4 clash, overcoming a spraying some forehands and five missed match points to reach his first Masters 1000 final since Indian Wells 2024.

Lorenzo Musetti, meanwhile, scripted another chapter in his week of comebacks, outlasting Alex de Minaur 1-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) in a rain-soaked semi-final.

The Italian’s flair and resilience turned the tide after a first-set drubbing, marking his first Masters 1000 final and capping a run that saw him dodge defeats against Bu, Lehecka, and Tsitsipas.

With Alcaraz chasing a sixth Masters 1000 title and Musetti eyeing his biggest career crown, the Monte-Carlo’s final should be good if the weather plays ball 🌧️

Day Seven 2025 Monte Carlo Semi Final Results

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Lorenzo Musetti (13)
Alex de Minaur (8)
1-6 6-4, 7-6(4)

Carlos Alcaraz (2)
Alekandro Davidovich Fokina
7-6(2) 6-4

Alcaraz Downs Davidovich Fokina

Carlos Alcaraz is back in a Masters 1000 final, his first in 13 months, after an impressive 7-6(2), 6-4 win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Saturday.

The Spaniard squandered three set points at 5-3 in a 65-minute opener, dropping serve with back-to-back forehand errors (which he does tend to do). But he locked in for a clinical tiebreak and didn’t face a break point in the second.

Alcaraz has had a very nice trajectory this week. He could have lost, but he’s getting better each round, and his variety on clay is top drawer. Whenever he brings out the drop shot, it feels like he wins the point, and I liked his all-around game today.

Davidovich Fokina is no slouch either with his scrambling defense. He often holds his super long service games, none more so than the 13-minute hold at 1-2 in the second set. However, Alcaraz stayed composed throughout the set, not letting 5 missed match points unsettle him as he closed it out in 2 hours and 10 minutes.

For ADF, he makes a Top 30 return thanks to runs in Delray Beach, Acapulco, and Monte Carlo, and he should have a good clay court season.

It’s been a long time. I just had to be patient and believe that this moment was going to come again. Sometimes the people are not patient, they want me to make the final in every tournament. I’m really happy to give them the chance to watch one of my finals again. I think I played really good tennis from the beginning until the last point. I tried to take the chances he gave me in the match. He saved a lot of break points and match points, but I’m really happy to [have] thought about myself. The most important thing is that I’m feeling great physically. Alcaraz on his win.

Match Stats

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Carlos Alcaraz

Winners
19
21

Unforced Errors
40
28

Aces
3
0

Double Faults
3
1

1st Serve %
68% (74/109)
66% (48/73)

1st Serve Points Won
64% (47/74)
65% (31/48)

2nd Serve Points Won
34% (12/35)
64% (16/25)

Break Points Saved
84% (16/19)
71% (5/7)

Service Games
73% (8/11)
82% (9/11)

1st Return Points Won
35% (17/48)
36% (27/74)

2nd Return Points Won
36% (9/25)
66% (23/35)

Break Points Won
29% (2/7)
16% (3/19)

Return Games
18% (2/11)
27% (3/11)

Service Points
54% (59/109)
64% (47/73)

Return Points
36% (26/73)
46% (50/109)

Net Points
80% (12/15)
88% (7/8)

Total Points
47% (85/182)
53% (97/182)

Match Points Saved
5
0

Max Points In A Row
5
6

Total Games
45% (10/22)
55% (12/22)

Max Games In A Row
3
3

Highlights

Musetti Edges De Minaur

Lorenzo Musetti is into his first Masters 1000 final, battling back to take out 8th seed Alex de Minaur 1-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) in a rain-dampened Monte-Carlo semi-final.

As the Aussies would say, Musetti got walloped in the first set, but he eventually found his footing, using his clay court experience to outfox De Minaur.

Even after failing to serve out the match at 5-4 in the third by double faulting on break point and falling 0-2 down in the tiebreak, he held his nerve to take the breaker 7-4 to seal it after 2 hours 38 minutes.

De Minaur, who’d crushed Medvedev and Dimitrov earlier, looked untouchable early, but his forehand faltered in the decider, and I thought Musetti played bolder tennis in the key moment.s

This win caps a week of escapes for the Italian, ranked No. 16. He was two points from defeat against Bu Yunchaokete (4-6, 7-5, 6-3), survived a first-set breadstick against Lehecka (1-6, 7-5, 6-2), and on rhw ropes against Tsitsipas (1-6, 6-3, 6-4) after another slow start.

I always struggle to start and find a rhythm but today Alex was playing really solid and the conditions were hard. It was slow today with the rain and it was not easy to break through the Alex wall. I started to be more patient and that was the key. The confidence is something that you have to experience to believe. It is something really remarkable, sharing these beautiful moments with my friends and family. It is my home and I feel at home. Musetti on his win.