Djokovic exits Monte Carlo as Vesely scores biggest career win


Tennis - Monte Carlo Masters - Monaco, 13/04/2016. Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a shot to Jiri Vesely of Czech Republic. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

(Reuters) - Defending Monte Carlo champion and world number one Novak Djokovic suffered his earliest tournament defeat for three years when 55th-ranked Czech Jiri Vesely beat him in the second round of the Masters tournament on Wednesday.

Vesely won 6-4 2-6 6-4 in what was his first meeting with the Serb. It was the 22-year-old's maiden victory against a top-10 opponent after eight previous failures.

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