In the beginning of the vibrant May, the felt ball village is facing Spain, where Madrid Open took place. This is the Masters 1000 for both men and women on the ground.
Madrid Open is receiving great attention from the media. The reason comes from both Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Currently, both have won tickets to the third round.
At 17:00 this afternoon 5/5, Djokovic will fight first. This is also the focus of the tennis village today when Nole's opponent is the former world's No. 1 world Andy Murray.
In the 2022 season, Djokovic is facing many difficulties. Due to not the CIVIV-19 vaccination, the world's No. 1 player had to miss a series of tournaments, most notably Australia expanded earlier this year and 2 Masters 1000 tournament in the US. When attending two Dubai Championship and Monte Carlo Masters, he had to stop early.
However, Djokovic's performance has gradually improved. In the last tournament, Serbia Open, he reached the final against the racket against Andrey Rubleev. In the second round of Madrid Open, he did not face any difficulties before Gael Monfils.
On the other side of the battle line, Murray has now passed the peak of his form. However, after the hip surgery in 2020, the world's No. 1 has returned strong and very persistent in attending the tournament. At this time, he has risen to 78th in the world.
Notably, Madrid Open was the first league of Murray to attend after 5 years. The last time he played on this pitch was the match against Stan Wawrinka in France to expand 2017. However, the world's No. 1 was in impressive performance when eliminating both Dominic Thiem and Denis Shapovalov in the first two rounds.
In the past, Djokovic and Murray met 36 times. In particular, Nole has 25 victories and lost 11 matches. In this afternoon, the Serbian player is of course being more appreciated, but he will definitely not be subjective to an experienced Murray.
Predict the match results: Novak Djokovic 2-1 Andy Murray
Information Novak Djokovic vs Andy Murray
– Tournament: Madrid Open 2022
– Round 3 men's singles
– The yard: land
– Time: 17:00 today 5/5
– Location: Madrid, Spain
– Direct channel: K+Sport2, On Sports
