Stan Wawrinka, Fabio Fognini awarded Monte Carlo Masters wild cards

Monte Carlo [Monaco], March 29 (ANI): A pair of former champions, Stan Wawrinka and Fabio Fognini, have been awarded wild playing cards for the 2023 Monte Carlo Masters, the organisers of the occasion introduced on Tuesday.

The clay-court ATP Masters 1000 match in Monaco, to be held from April 9-16, introduced on Tuesday that it's going to welcome again former World No. 3 Wawrinka for a twelfth main-draw look on the Monte-Carlo Nation Membership. The Swiss defeated his countryman Roger Federer to carry the trophy in 2014 and likewise reached the semi-finals in 2009 at an occasion the place he holds a 21-11 file.

Fognini, a nine-time tour-level champion, celebrated his victory in Monaco in 2019 after defeating 11-time champion Rafael Nadal and Alexander Zverev en path to the trophy.

The third wild card was awarded to Jack Draper. The 21-year-old British hopeful, on the rise, had received the primary set this season towards Rafael Nadal within the first spherical of the Australian Open. After dominating his compatriots Daniel Evans and Andy Murray lately in Indian Wells, he had to surrender through the match towards Carlos Alcaraz within the spherical of 16.

On Tuesday, there have been two extra wild card entrants for the 56-man primary draw. Each Valentin Vacherot and fast-rising 21-year-old Jack Draper ranked No. 43 within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, will play of their first-ever main-draw match in Monte Carlo. Within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, Vacherot, who's ranked 322nd on the planet, is the highest participant from Monaco.

With a file 11 title victories, Rafael Nadal is essentially the most profitable participant to have ever competed in Monte Carlo. (ANI)

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