Novak Djokovic survived a potential upset to beat Gilles Simon after a decider at the 2017 Monte Carlo Rolex Masters on Tuesday. Simon recovered from losing the first set to force a third in a lengthy match featuring more than one memorable rally but missed the chance to win when serving at 5-4.Djokovic being pushed all the way wasn't the only big news on Day 4 of the tournament. There was also a shock when qualifier Adrian Mannarino knocked out seventh seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.Mannarino dropped the first set on a tiebreak but routinely broke serve to help claim the next two.Elsewhere, German Tommy Haas, playing on a protected ranking, made easy work of Benoit Paire in straight sets.Here are the results from Tuesday's matches:Here's the updated schedule for Wednesday:RecapDjokovic appeared on his way to a comprehensive victory over Simon after he made light work of the first set. The Serb was still in control at the start of the second, thanks largely to winning rallies like this one, per Tennis TV:However, Simon started to battle back valiantly. ESPN's Brad Gilbert explained why the Frenchman was bound to cause Djokovic some problems:So it proved, as Simon soon broke a 2-2 deadlock after engineering his own wins in the rallies:Djokovic began to buckle somewhat, allowing Simon to win three of the next four games to take the set and force a decider.Things got even better for Simon when he staked himself into a 3-2 lead in the third after this terrific point:Djokovic rescued the next game, but Simon continued to plug away, evening the set at 4-4. Djokovic was on the brink at 5-4, but Simon was wasting chances to close things out, per Stuart Fraser of The Times:Simon's inability to win on serve at 5-4 proved fatal as Djokovic won three games in succession to seal his passage into the next round, but only after being given a real scare.Mannarino played well enough to earn a first top-10 win after sending Tsonga packing. The latter couldn't make the most of a powerful service game that saw him boom four aces.Despite his serving power, Tsonga was undone by Mannarino's knack for breaking serve. The Frenchman won six of eight break points to complete an impressive comeback after falling in the tiebreak at the end of the first set.Similarly, Haas saw off Paire thanks to the quality of his return game. The German won 65 percent of his return points available against an opponent lacking mobility across the clay.Afterwards, Paire indicated there was nothing he could have done to change the outcome, per Fraser:There was a first win on the Monte Carlo clay from Luxembourg's Gilles Muller. The soon-to-be 34-year-old impressed during his straight-sets win over Spaniard Tommy Robredo.Muller wasn't the only player to enjoy a comfortable day. Dutchman Robin Haase wasted no motion beating Damir Dzumhur in straight sets.Elsewhere, No. 11 seed Lucas Pouille made quick work of beating unseeded American Ryan Harrison, before Czech Jiri Vesely survived a tough tiebreak in the first set to make easier work of the second against Mischa Zverev.Another first-round match saw Frenchman Jeremy Chardy survive a tense encounter against 20-year-old Borna Coric. The latter took the second set after losing a tiebreak in the first, but Chardy rebounded to win the third with room to spare.Things were also close for Spaniard Feliciano Lopez against Russia's Daniil Medvedev. Lopez twice needed to win seven games to claim a set, leaving a resilient Medvedev unable to push the match to a decider.There were also wins for Jan-Lennard Struff, Karen Khachanov, Paolo Lorenzi and Carlos Berlocq.
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