Overview
- Cameron Norrie beat Miomir Kecmanovic 6-2, 4-6, 7-6, closing out the deciding tie-break 7-0.
- The victory sets up a second-round meeting with Alex de Minaur at the Monte Carlo Masters, an ATP Masters 1000 event on clay.
- Norrie, ranked No. 24 in the world, recently reached the Indian Wells quarter-finals and then fell in the Miami second round.
- Jack Draper is not playing in Monte Carlo as he continues a careful return from a bruised bone in his serving arm that kept him out for six months.
- Elsewhere for British players, Katie Boulter is competing at the Linz Open in Austria, and Emma Raducanu withdrew as she recovers from illness.