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Novak Djokovic is a double champion in Monte Carlo, having won the 2013 and 2015 titles
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Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have qualified for the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters, but the Briton Cameron Norrie has not been able to qualify since the last 16.
Djokovic, 31, just needs an hour and eight minutes to go 6-3 6-0 against the American. Taylor Fritz.
Nadal, second seed, pbades Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov in a 6-4 6-1 win over clay – after winning 23 consecutive sets at the Masters 1000 tournament.
Norrie lost 6-2 7-5 against Italian Lorenzo Sonego, ranked 40 places below him.
The number two British, who should be in the top 50 next week, was broken four times and had trouble testing the service Sonego.
Norrie, 23, took a break when Sonego played for the match at 5-4, and then lost service in the next game. The Italian then sealed his victory with a mark of love.
Nadal, 32, encountered little trouble against Dimitrov, whom he beat in 12 of their 13 encounters, while he continued to look dominant on his favorite surface.
In search of a 12th unprecedented title in the principality, the Roland Garros champion has defeated the former world number four and has won eight of the last nine games.
Djokovic, seeded, converted six of the 10 points break against Fritz as he was getting closer to Nadal's record with 33 Masters titles.
Defending champions Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open face eighth-final tie with Russia, seeded 10th Daniil Medvedev – who he beat by winning in Melbourne in January and who has not lost in three games.
Medvedev, 23, continued his good form against Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas, winning 6-2 1-6 6-4 to extend to four wins his 100% record on the ATP Next Gen champion – who doubled his foul on a match point.
Third German seed Alexander Zverev and fourth Austrian seed Dominic Thiem – The French Open finalist last year – suffered a shock loss in the third round.
Zverev was beaten 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 by the Italian Fabio Fognini, while Thiem lost 6-3 6-3 against Serbian Dusan Lajovic.
11th Italian seed Marco Cecchinato was also eliminated after a 6-4 4-6 6-4 defeat by Argentina Guido Pella, who will meet Nadal.
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