Djokovic, a new defeat
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic (5 ATP, favorite no. 4) was surprisingly eliminated on Saturday, at his first match at the Tournament of Madrid Masters 1,000, equipped with total prizes of 8,055,385 euros. Novak was in two sets, 3-6, 4-6, by the Italian Matteo Arnaldi (44 ATP).
In their first confrontation, the Serb, triple winner of the tournament (2011, 2016, 2019) was defeated in less than two hours by a player who ticks the second career success in front of a top 5 competitor.
Arnaldi will play in the next round with the Damir Dzumhur Bosnian (63 ATP).
Arnaldi Takes Out Djokovic 6-3 6-4 in Madrid!
That’s Novak’s First Opening-Match Madrid Loss in… 12 Years pic.twitter.com/5jwgo28u0k
– Olly Tennis (@Olly_tennis_) April 26, 2025
Results from Tour 2:
Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia)-Sebastian Baez (Argentina/N.32) 1-6, 6-1, 6-2
Matteo Arnaldi (Italy)-Novak Djokovic (Serbia/N.4) 6-3, 6-4
Alex de Minaur (Australia/N.6)-Lorenzo Sonego (Italy) 6-2, 6-3
Denis Shapovalov (Canada/n.29)-Kei Nishikori (Japan) 6-1, 6-4
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece/n.17)-Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Lorenzo Musetti (Italy/n.10)-Tomas Etcheverry (Argentina) 7-6 (7/3), 6-2
Jacob Fearnley (UK)-Tomas Machac (Czech Republic) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
Cameron Norrie (UK)-Jiri Lehecka (Czech Republic/n.26) 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
Gabriel Diallo (Canada)-Kamil Majchrzak (Poland) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
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