Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2016: Thursday Tennis Scores, Results, Latest Schedule

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Published: April 14, 2016

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After world No. 1 Novak Djokovic's shocking upset on Wednesday to Jiri Vesely, the rest of the top players at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters were surely on notice heading into the round of 16 on Thursday. 

Djokovic's loss seemed to serve as a cautionary tale, however, as the big names all survived and moved on to the quarterfinals. Below, we'll take a look back at Thursday's play and preview all of the action set for Friday.  

 

Thursday

No. 2 Andy Murray, the top remaining seed in the tournament, managed to advance on Thursday, but he looked shaky doing so again, dropping the first set before winning consecutive sets with a 7-5 score to sneak past No. 16 Benoit Paire.

And he acknowledged he isn't playing the level of tennis he expects of himself.

"Hopefully I can start to play a little bit better," Murray said after the tight win, per BBC Sport. "Every win is important right now at the start of the clay season to get a feel for what is going well and what isn't."

He added, "[Paire] gave me an opportunity in the middle part of the second set when he started to make a few mistakes. It still wasn't my best match, but I fought as hard as I could right to the end and managed to get the win based on that."

It was a wild match overall, featuring 10 breaks of serve total (five apiece) and big swings in momentum. But Paire's 52 errors ultimately did him in.

"I panicked," Paire told BBC Sport. "It's the biggest disappointment of my career."

No. 3 Roger Federer, No. 4 Stan Wawrinka and No. 5 Rafael Nadal had far fewer issues advancing than Murray, all winning straight-set matches. Federer wasn't broken a single time in his dominant showing, while Wawrinka was broken just once and Nadal twice.



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