After waiting nearly two and a half hours waiting for the rain to relent at the Monte Carlo Masters Alex de Minaur has brushed aside three-time grand slam champion Stan Wawrinka in barely an hour.
The Australian No.1 defeated the veteran Swiss 6-3 6-0 to chalk up his 20th win of 2024 and move into the last 32 in Monaco.
However Jordan Thompson withdrew with an unspecified injury shortly before he was due on the claycourt to play Gael Monfils. Thompson had won a doubles event across the Atlantic Ocean in Houston with Max Purcell at the weekend