MONTE CARLO – Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas kept alive his hopes of a third Monte Carlo Masters title as he breezed into the semi-finals on April 12, after dismissing Russian Karen Khachanov 6-4, 6-2.

Tsitsipas, winner in Monte Carlo in 2021 and 2022, needed just 83 minutes to record his eighth win in nine meetings with an out-of-sorts Khachanov.