Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina celebrates after winning over Serbia’s Novak Djokovic during their Monte-Carlo ATP Masters Series tournament tennis match in Monaco on Tuesday. MONTE CARLO: Novak Djokovic’s stay at the Monte Carlos Masters did not last long. The world No. 1 was upset by Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina, 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-1 here on Tuesday, in extremely windy conditions in the second round of the event which Djokovic has won twice. It was the biggest win ever for the Spaniard, ranked No. 46 in the world. He had been 1-12 against Top 10 players and 0-5 against Top 5 opponents. Djokovic lost his second straight match and first since falling to Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic on Feb. 24 in Dubai. It was Djokovic’s earliest lost at Monte Carlo since 2016 and his second straight loss to an opponent ranked outside the top 40. The Serb was broken nine times in the best-of-3 match for the first time in his career. “He had a hard time dealing with the wind,” Tennis Channel analyst Paul Annacone said on air. “I’m not real worried about his game, he just had to get the match reps up.” Davidovich Fokina earned a double-break en route to taking the first set and then scored an early break to go ahead 2-0 in the second set. The Spaniard was diving and laying out all over the court and ended up with red clay on his shirt and blood on his knuckles and knees. He scooped up a Djokovic drop set to hit a crosscourt forehand winner to go ahead 4-2 in the second. Yet Djokovic fought back to take the second set in the breaker and pumped his fist when he leveled the match at one set apiece. Often in such matches, the man seeking the upset will fade against an all-time great in the third set, but that was not the case this time. Davidovich Fokina was the steadier player in the third set and raced out to a 5-1 lead. Djokovic, 34, is 2-2 in 2022 and has only played four matches. The 20-time Grand Slam winner was unable to compete in the Australian Open in January because he was deported ahead of the tournament due to being unvaccinated against Covid-19, and was also unable to play the “Sunshine Swing” in Indian Wells and Miami last month. “I am testing my engine, so to say, and building my game, so it will take obviously some time, some matches to really get in the groove and find the competitive play that I really need,” he said Sunday in Monte Carlo. “Roland Garros is the ultimate goal in clay court season.” He will need more match play before the French Open which runs May 22-June 5, and still has opportunities on clay should he opt to play some combination of Belgrade, Madrid and Rome. “I just think it’s not a big deal,” Annacone said of the loss. “He doesn’t want to lose but he wants to make sure he’s playing his best tennis at Roland Garros.”