Home hero Valentin Vacherot delighted to overcome Lorenzo Musetti in Monte Carlo

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/musetti-l-xtH2ODVI/vacherot-v-rFqoSYd8/?mid=tGOoFeU0"]The victory[/a] made the 27-year-old just the second ‌Monegasque, after his half-brother and coach Benjamin ‌Balleret, to reach the Monte Carlo Masters third round.[/p][p]It also marked his second win over a top-five ‌ranked opponent following his triumph over ⁠24-time Grand ‌Slam champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/djokovic-novak/AZg49Et9/"]Novak Djokovic[/a] en route to his maiden ​ATP title at the Shanghai Masters last year.[/p][embed guid="0bc6c275-71b8-4b35-85b8-08632f4e62e0" url="https://x.com/ROLEXMCMASTERS/status/2041942201890922988" social-type="twitter" /][p]"[b]If someone had told me ​that my first top-five win of the season, second after Shanghai, would be here ⁠on a night ​session, on the centre court that I've been hitting on since I'm six years old, I wouldn't have believed it[/b]," [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vacherot-valentin/rFqoSYd8/"]Vacherot[/a] said ‌on court.[/p][p]"[b]Maybe people don't know that I love clay. I grew up playing here for 18 years before going to college and learning how to play on hard courts. But this is where I learned how to play tennis[/b].[/p][p]"Let's say I needed a set and a half to get on ‌it in the first round. And now ​my game is back."[/p][embed guid="dda29ede-8991-4e1d-9735-7069024beb8d" url="https://x.com/ROLEXMCMASTERS/status/2041943951909724555" social-type="twitter" /][p]Vacherot, who rocketed ‌from number 204 in the world to number 40 after his win in Shanghai and also reached the third round of the Australian Open this year, takes ⁠on Poland's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hurkacz-hubert/zuHOBnY9/"]Hubert ⁠Hurkacz[/a] later [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/hurkacz-h-zuHOBnY9/vacherot-v-rFqoSYd8/?mid=r9SUg0wA"]on ‌Thursday[/a].[/p]