Murray defeated Dominic Thiem, the 2020 US Open champion, in the first round of the tournament before defeating Denis Shapovalov of Canada.
At the age of 20, he disrupted Roger Federer's and Rafael Nadal's streak of 11 consecutive majors to win his first Grand Slam title
Djokovic has held the No. 1 ranking for a record 338 weeks and has concluded the year as the ATP year-end No. 1 on a joint-record six occasions.
At the ATP 250 clay-court event, the second seed dug deep against Djokovic, hitting with relentless power and intensity to outlast the home favourite.
Both Rublev and Djokovic have had to fight past some tough competition but they had also been dealt a fair share of comfortable wins.
Djokovic got off to a slow start in the semi-final against Khachanov, just as he had done in the previous rounds against Laslo Djere and Miomir Kecmanovic.
While most people have supported the decision, there also have been many who are against it, including Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic.
At the 2022 Serbian Open, Djokovic came back from a set down against seventh seed Miomir Kecmanovic to win the second-round match 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Zverev won a gold medal in the men's singles event, which has managed to elude those two superstars in an individual capacity.
Returning to the Monte-Carlo Country Club this week, the defending champion expressed his confidence and excitement.