Hubert Hurkacz fought back from a set and a break down to beat Laslo Djere 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5) in a roller-coaster match after 3 hours and 19 minutes in the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters.
Djere earned his first break in the second game to open up a 4-1 lead, but Hurkacz broke back in the seventh game for 3-4. Hurkacz went up a 4-1 lead in the tie-break, but Djere fought back by winning six of his seven points to clinch the tie-break 7-5.
Hurkacz opened up a 3-1 lead in the second set with a break in the second game. Djere reeled off four consecutive games with two breaks of serve to take a 5-3 lead. Djere was not able to serve for the match, and the second set was decided by a tie-break. Hurkacz won the breaker 7-5 to send the match to the third set.
Hurkacz broke Djere twice and served for the match in the third set. Djere served for the match at 5-4 30-15, but Hurkacz broke back to draw level to 5-5. The Polish player saved one match point at 5-6 30-40 on serve before converting his fourth match point to earn his 15th match of the season.
Hurkacz will face either Sebastian Baez or Jack Draper. The Pole reached the quarter finals in Monte-Carlo last year.
“Laslo was playing really good tennis. We were battling. Really good tennis. At the end it could have gone either way. I was just trying to be ready for every single point and tried to go when I had situations. I competed well until the end and I am super happy with the victory”, said Hurkacz.
Nicolas Jarry did not face a break point in his 6-2 6-3 win over Borna Coric in 78 minutes.
Marton Fucsovics beat Filip Krajinovic 6-3 7-5 in the final round of qualifying to secure his spot in the main draw.
Frenchman Ugo Humbert came back from one set down to beat 2019 Dusan Lajovic 2-6 6-3 6-4.
Italian Next Gen player Luca Nardi came back from 1-5 down in the third set to beat Oscar Otte 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 7-6 (7-4).
Jan Lennard Struff moved past Emil Ruusuvuori 7-6 (7-4) 5-7 6-0. Alexey Popyrin rallied from one set down to beat Benoit Paire 2-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4. Ilya Ivashka battled past Taro Daniel 6-4 6-7 (8-10) 6-2.
In the doubles tournament Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov saw off Jamie Murray and Michael Venus 7-5 6-4. Rublev and Khachanov are teaming up for the third time this season after playing together in Adelaide and Indian Wells.
Jannik Sinner and Diego Schwartzman overcame doubles specialists Horacio Zeballos and Marcel Granollers 6-3 1-6 11-9.
German doubles team formed by Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz cruised past past Ben Shelton and Cameron Norrie 6-2 6-3.