Last week, Novak Djokovic was disappointed at Monte Carlo Masters. Accordingly, the Serbian player lost to Alejandro Tabilo quickly with a score of 3-6, 4-6 and was eliminated from the second round of men.
Leaving aside the defeat in Monte Carlo, Djokovic was present in Spain this week to attend another Masters 1000, Madrid Open. With Carlos Alcaraz withdrew early due to injury, Nole became the leading candidate for the championship. However, he was disappointed again.
After being exempted from the first round, Djokovic had just battled the army in the second round of men tonight. His opponent is Matteo Arnaldi. The two players have never met before, and Arnaldi surprised the seniors.
Entering Set 1, Arnaldi won the previous break in game 2. Djokovic then quickly reclaimed the break right in game 3, but did not keep the form until the end of the set. Mr. Break a second time in 8 hinge game and accepted to lose 3-6.
Sang Set 2, Arnaldi once again won the break first in Game 7. Sang Game 8, Djokovic started well and had 3 opportunities to reclaim the break. However, the world's No. 5 player missed all three before guarding the racket with defeat 4-3.
With this result, Djokovic officially stopped in the second round of Madrid Madrid Open. Meanwhile, Arnaldi won tickets to the third round. His next opponent was Damir Dzumhur.
