Carlos Alcaraz captured his sixth career ATP Masters 1000 title at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters on Sunday as Lorenzo Musetti faded physically in a disappointing end to a 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 final match.

Musetti came into the match having lost his last three meetings with Alcaraz, never winning more than three games in any of the seven sets within those matches. And when he was broken from 30-15 to start the match, and faced three chances on Alcaraz’s serve to trail 2-0, the start for the Italian was inauspicious. But a five-deuce game gave Musetti the break back, and he soared to four straight games against an increasingly erratic Alcaraz, on his way to winning his first set against the Spaniard since beating him to win the ATP 500 in Hamburg in 2022.

After a second-set blitz, as Alcaraz rounded into form, Musetti became increasingly hobbled early in the deciding set, notably grimacing off the back of a missed forehand groundstroke early on.

He later received a medical timeout on his upper right leg after dropping serve to trail 3-0, but was heavily restricted in his movement. He ultimately chose to play out the match despite being unable to move faster than walking pace. Alcaraz won 12 of the last 14 points.

”It is not the way I would have wanted to win a match,” Alcaraz said afterwards. “Thinking about Lorenzo, he has been through a tough week, played long matches. I feel sorry for him. It is one of his best results, ending up like this is not easy. Hopefully it is nothing serious and he will be 100% soon.”