'Pretty crazy': Alex de Minaur dishes up historic bagel in Monte Carlo victory over Grigor Dimitrov

Alex de Minaur made history with a record double-bagel of Grigor Dimitrov at the Monte Carlo Masters on Friday night.

The Aussie took just 45 minutes to eliminate the former world No.3 6-0, 6-0. It's the first time the scoreline had been recorded at an ATP Masters 1000 match after the quarter-final stage.

Additionally, de Minaur became the first Australian to reach the semi-finals at the Monte Carlo Masters since John Alexander in 1979.

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"I know the only time I ever lost 6-0, 6-0 myself was to Tommy Paul in the semi-finals of US Open juniors. It's pretty crazy," he said after the match.

It was a horror day for Dimitrov, who hit just one winner, made 23 unforced errors and was booed off the court at the end of the match.

But de Minaur is flying high and is just two wins away from becoming the first Australian to be ranked inside the top five since Lleyton Hewitt in 2001.

Meantime, Carlos Alcaraz won from behind against Arthur Fils while defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas was bundled out.

World No.3 Alcaraz was five points from defeat in the second set, and 3-1 down in the deciding set, but pulled through 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 after two and a half hours.

Fils, playing his third straight Masters quarter-finals, let off Alcaraz no thanks to 53 unforced errors.

“I have missed clay,” Alcaraz said.

Preparing for his French Open title defence, he's into his first Monte Carlo semi-finals, an all-Spanish affair against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the 2022 runner-up.

They haven't met on tour in two years.

Davidovoich Fokina beat Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 6-2.

Tsitsipas couldn't understand why it all went wrong against Lorenzo Musetti. The Monte Carlo champion in 2021, 2022 and 2024 had a perfect 5-0 record against Musetti and took their first set on Friday 6-1.

But from that point Tsitsipas' serve evaporated. He made less than half of his first serves, only eight of 28 in the last set. One of his seven double faults put him down 4-3 in the last set. Musetti won the last two sets 6-3, 6-4.

“It's difficult to accept,” Tsitsipas said. “I mean, feeling so confident playing on this court and not being able to win a match that I felt I kind of had every reason to ... is definitely heartbreaking.”

Musetti cried when he won and will play de Minaur next.