conquer world number one Novak Djokovic in the second round.
He also recorded back-to-back wins against the Indian Wells Masters Champion Taylor Fritz and former world number three Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter-final and semi-final respectively.
All three matches went the distance, with two sets out of the six being decided by a tiebreak.
However, these gruelling matches at the Monte Carlo Masters seem to have taken their toll on the 22-year-old as he confirmed that he will not be participating in the Barcelona Open this week due to fatigue.
He tweeted saying that he was “sad” to not be able to compete this year, but is looking forward to making an appearance at the Catalonia event in 2023.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is set to rest in order to put him in the best shape possible for a busy schedule of Masters events, with both the Madrid and Rome Masters set to take place over the coming weeks.
Davidovich Fokina, who failed to qualify for Barcelona in three consecutive years from 2017 to 2019, was beaten last year on his tournament debut in the opening round by Alexander Bublik.
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