Novak Djokovic withdraws from Madrid Masters for 2nd successive year
Novak Djokovic has actually taken out of the Madrid Open, with the 24-time Grand Slam champ choosing to avoid the ATP Masters 1000 competition momentarily successive year.
Djokovic started his clay court period at the Monte Carlo Masters, with the globe No.1 accomplishing his finest outcome at the competition given that 2015 after getting to the semi-finals prior to shedding to Casper Ruud.
The Serbian was leading of the access listing for the Madrid Open, yet it has actually currently been disclosed that he will certainly avoid the occasion.
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It was a comparable circumstance in 2015 for Djokovic, that has actually not dipped into the competition given that 2021 when he got to the semi-finals.
Djokovic is a three-time champ in the Spanish funding, with just Rafael Nadal winning even more titles than him at the competition, yet has actually just contended when at the occasion in the previous 5 years.
As an outcome, the 36-year-old will certainly be changed by Frenchman Luca Van Assche and Jannik Sinner will certainly currently come to be the front runner when the draw is performed tomorrow.
Djokovic is following arranged to contend at the Italian Open, that will certainly start on Wednesday 8th May.
Inside the standard …
It is not a significant shock that Novak Djokovic has actually taken out from Madrid, taking into consideration that he has actually just played the competition when given that winning the title back in 2019. Considering that Madrid is fairly various problems to Roland Garros, where Djokovic will certainly have his views established on winning, it is not a specifically worrying withdrawal and he will certainly be anticipated to return in Rome where the problems are much more comparable to the Paris significant.
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