 Stefano City Pass vs Dan Evans is the first semi-final of the Monte Carlo Masters for 2021, and both players have had different roads to the semi-final. The unseeded Evans had to take on the 2019 final as the Monte Carlo, Dusan Lijewicz, and after a tough second set Evans got through in three, six, three, six, seven, six, two. In his second round he took on 13th seed and Miami Open champion Hubert Hercatch and put in a very impressive performance winning in straight six, four, six, one. In the third round Evans would take on the toughest challenge of his career against world number one Novak Djokovic. And although Djokovic didn't look like his best, Evans took advantage winning in straight sets, six, four, seven, five. Quarterfinal he took on David Goffin in the 11th seed and after a tight first set prevailed in three, five, seven, six, three, six, four. Stefano City Pass, the number four seed, got a buy in the first round. In his second round he was taking on fellow Australian Open semi-finalist Aslan Karatsev getting through in straight sets, six, three, six, four. His third round he would take on the number 16 seed and Claycourt at Christian Garen and again City Pass very impressive winning in straight sets, six, three, six, four. His quarterfinal matchup was against Unceded, Banyard, Fakina. Now after a very tight first set Fakina eventually retired due to a leg injury giving Stef the win, seven, five, retirement. These two have played only two times before, both in 2020 with City Pass getting the win and on a Claycourt they did play once last year in Hamburg with City Pass getting the win in straight sets, six, three, six, one. City Pass yet to lose a set this week, Evans has had to fight for every single match so he will be the underdog going into this one against the fourth seed. If Evans is going to win he has to come to the net and be aggressive. If City Pass is going to win he needs to serve well and he's going to have to make Evans move and the longer this match goes on the more it favors City Pass. Evans has been very impressive all week but City Pass has barely played many sets. He's won five out of five sets not that much time on court so I'm going to go with City Pass winning this one in straight sets to make it to the final but let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think is winning this match?