Davidovich Fokina powers into Monte Carlo semi-finals for second time

World number 42 Davidovich Fokina, who was runner-up at the tournament in 2022 to Stefanos Tsitsipas, swatted aside Australia's Popyrin 6-3, 6-2 in the last eight. He will face either Carlos Alcaraz or French rising star Arthur Fils in the last four on Saturday. Davidovich Fokina was full of confidence after dumping out British fifth seed Jack Draper in the last 16, but had to wait to take control of the first set. Popyrin staved off three break points in a marathon sixth game to level at 3-3...