{"id":952979,"date":"2026-04-07T15:06:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/?p=952979"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:06:33","slug":"alkaraz-uspjesno-zapoceo-odbranu-titule-u-monte-karlu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/sport\/alkaraz-uspjesno-zapoceo-odbranu-titule-u-monte-karlu\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz successfully begins title defense in Monte Carlo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The world's number one tennis player outclassed the diminutive Argentine Sebastian Baez in two sets \u2013 6:1, 6:3 after 70 minutes of play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alkaraz won the first set by breaking his rival's serve three times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the second set, the guy from Murcia led 4:1, but then some uncharacteristic errors brought Baez back into the match. The Argentine reduced the lead to 4:3, had two game points to equalize, however, Carlitos made another break, and then served for the round of 16. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Launching a 114mph rocket! \ud83d\ude80\ud83d\ude1d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ROLEXMCMASTERS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ROLEXMCMASTERS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RolexMonteCarloMasters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#RolexMonteCarloMasters<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carlosalcaraz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@carlosalcaraz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/syRcoWzN53\">pic.twitter.com\/syRcoWzN53<\/a><\/p>\u2014 ATP Tour (@atptour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atptour\/status\/2041494549776793666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 7, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the Spaniard's 14th consecutive triumph on the slowest surface, and interestingly, his 16th consecutive victory over the Argentines (he has only lost once). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alcaraz will play against Tomas Martin Echeverria or Terence Atman in the round of 16. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, Janik Siner lost a game in a row, defeating Igo Amber \u2013 6:3, 6:0. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-pg-tv wp-block-embed-pg-tv\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UH37niC835\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/sport\/siner-kao-brzi-voz-za-sat-vremena-do-osmine-finala\/\">Siner like a fast train: In an hour until the round of 16<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&quot;Sinner like a fast train: In an hour until the round of 16&quot; \u2014 PG TV\" src=\"https:\/\/gradski.me\/sport\/siner-kao-brzi-voz-za-sat-vremena-do-osmine-finala\/embed\/#?secret=I8HcuGhmLC#?secret=UH37niC835\" data-secret=\"UH37niC835\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karlos Alcaraz began his title defense at the Monte Carlo Masters with a victory.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":930631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1963,30115,30118],"naslovna":[],"class_list":["post-952979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-karlos-alkaraz","tag-masters-u-monte-karlu","tag-sebastijan-baez"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952979"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":953017,"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952979\/revisions\/953017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952979"},{"taxonomy":"naslovna","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naslovna?post=952979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}