MONTE-CARLO TENNIS

PROVES THE PERFECT MATCH FOR GLAMOROUS ROYALS

When it came to serving up sporty style, Princesses Maria Carolina and Maria Chiara of Bourbon Two Sicilies were playing doubles (right) and courting attention on a trip out to the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters tennis tournament.

Soaking up the action – and sun – at the semi-finals of the prestigious nine-day competition, Maria Carolina, 20, chose a simple sagegreen cut-out dress, straw hat and nude espadrilles, while 19-year-old Maria Chiara embraced tennis chic with a pale-blue shirt and white pleated miniskirt, accessorised with trainers and a cardigan draped over her shoulders.

They also enjoyed some courtside fun, posting a video showing them using giant tennis rackets. “Match point. Team Carolina or Team Chiara?” they asked followers.

While the two women smashed the style stakes, it was Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas who was victorious on the red clay court in the final, beating Norway’s Casper Ruud to win his third title at the tournament.

Monaco’s royals were also among the spectators at the Monte-Carlo Country Club. Prince Albert and his wife Princess Charlene – joined by their nineyear-old son Prince Jacques – presented Stefanos with his trophy (all below, with Casper and Albert’s cousin Mélanie-Antoinette de Massy), to cheers from the crowd.

Meanwhile, Albert’s nephew Pierre Casiraghi and his wife Beatrice Borromeo (together, above left) shared a tender moment in the royal box, with Beatrice, striking in turquoise, leaning her head on her husband’s shoulder as they relaxed.