Top seed Novak Djokovic and 11-time champion Rafael Nadal showed no mercy in dominating wins to power into the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals yesterday. Djokovic extended his winning streak against US players with a 6-3, 6-0 defeat of Taylor Fritz. The two-time tournament champion has now won nine in a row over Americans since losing at Wimbledon in 2016 to Sam Querrey.

'Challenging conditions'
"It was very challenging to play in these [windy] conditions," Djokovic said. "Taylor just flattens the ball. We had five, six close games in the first set, I just managed to break his resistance midway through. After that, things went on my side and I felt more comfortable. It was one of those days where you just have to hang in there and try to put an extra ball back in the court - that was enough."