Juan Monaco emerged victorious over Jeremy Chardy 6-2 7-5 after 99 minutes of play. It was a pretty solid win despite the Frenchman having near home-field advantage. Monaco jumped all over Chardy’s serve and broke early thereby taking the crowd out of the equation. He then cruised to a straight-set victory in spite of a late Chardy run in the second set.
The victory marks a sort of comeback for the 25-year-old Argentine, who has suffered from a series of injuries late last year and early this year. He retired from a first-round match in Mexico and missed Indian Wells this year. The Argentine was ranked 14th last February and has slipped to his current ATP world rank of 60. He was in good form today, and hopefully he will be back in the mix this year.
Up next for Monaco is Tommy Robredo in what could be a grunge match of the Buenos Aires final. Robredo is currently playing well this year and leads their head-to-head matchup 2-1.
(image: AFP/GettyImages)
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