Sunday: Novak Djokovic is on the back foot in the opening stages as he takes on four-time defending champion Rafael Nadal in the final
Nadal is looking for a fifth straight title in Monaco and wrestles control from Djokovic to win the opening set
Djokovic comes storming back with a fantastic second set to take the match into a decider
A break-point chance goes begging early in the final set and Djokovic knows it could be crucial
Nadal celebrates after securing a 6-3 2-6 6-1 victory in two hours and 43 minutes
Nadal enjoys his 12th win over Djokovic in 16 meetings but knows it was one of his toughest
Nadal receives the trophy - for the fifth time - from Prince Albert II of Monaco
Nadal and Djokovic will head to Rome for the next Masters Series 1000 tournament in a week's time
Saturday: Novak Djokovic beats Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6 6-1 6-3 in the first of the day's semi-final matches
Four-time champion Rafael Nadal comes out firing on all cylinders in the second semi-final against Andy Murray
Murray can do little to stop the world number one taking the first set with three breaks of serve
Murray looks down and out midway through the second set but storms back with a break of serve to force the tie-break
Nadal is a relieved man when he finally seals a 6-2 7-6 (7-4) victory and a return to the final
Nadal takes his career record to 7-2 against Murray but the Briton will take heart from his performance
Friday: Andy Murray is up early to finish his match with Fabio Fognini - and he reaches his first clay court quarter-final with a 7-6 6-4 win
Rafael Nadal also has to make an early return, but he proves too strong for Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador, winning 6-3 6-0
Murray returns to the court a few hours later to face Nikolay Davydenko
And despite suffering from blisters, Murray beats his experienced Russian opponent to make the semi-finals
There Murray will face Nadal, the Spaniard rarely stretched in his second match of the day - a straight sets win against Ivan Ljubicic
In the other half of the draw, Novak Djokovic beats Fernando Verdasco in three sets
Djokovic will face Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka, who easily beats Andreas Beck in their last-eight match
Thursday: Murray's third-round tie with Fabio Fognini is one of the games delayed by rain on Thursday
Roger Federer gets play under way on Court Central but is below his best against Wawrinka
And the newly-married Federer goes out in straight sets as he loses to his fellow Swiss for the first time
Murray recovers from 5-0 down against Fabio Fognini to win an astonishing first set 13-11 in the tie-break before the rain arrives
Nadal and Nicolas Lapentti are brought out late on to try and get under way but manage just one game before play is called off
Wednesday: Mirka Vavrinec gets ready to watch her husband, Federer, take on Andreas Seppi in the second round
Federer begins his clay-court campaign in fine style with an impressive 6-4 6-4 victory
Nadal is back on his favourite surface and sweeps past Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela 6-2 6-3
Tuesday: France's ninth seed Gael Monfils is a surprise loser, going down 6-3 6-1 to Janko Tipsarevic
Romania's Victor Hanescu, ranked 35, faces a tough second-round tie against world number four Andy Murray
Murray is in good form in his first clay-court match of the year and comes through 6-3 6-2
World number three Djokovic makes light work of his opponent Oscar Hernandez to win 6-1 6-2
Russian Marat Safin overcomes Aussie Leyton Hewitt 6-4 7-5 in a clash of former Grand Slam champions
Easter Monday: Murray has a bye in the first round but meets the media on Monday to discuss his prospects on clay
Easter Saturday: The cream of men's tennis head to Monte Carlo for 2009's first major clay-court tournament
Saturday's launch party gives the players an opportunity to show off their fashion sense
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