“Not Sure If I Will Come Back…”: Downbeat Novak Djokovic’s Big Statement After Madrid Open Exit

Novak Djokovic admits that he may have played his last match in Madrid after having crashed in his first round at Caja Magica on Saturday. . The fourth seeded Djokovic underwent a second consecutive opening defeat, after losing his first match against Alejandro Tabilo in Monte Carlo two weeks ago.

Asked if it was his last appearance on the ground in the Spanish capital, Djokovic said: “It could be. It could be. I am not sure that I will come back. So, Djokovic, who beat the Serb 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of Madrid’s Open, I don’t know.”

Arnaldi, ranked 44th in the world, recorded only the second victory among the first five of his career and scribbled “OMG” on the camera goal after his historic victory.

“At first, I was just trying not to be *** in my pants, to be honest,” said Arnaldi, 24.

Arnaldi athletics wasted an advance of 2-0 at the start of the competition but still jumped in the eighth game, breaking the Djokovic service. The Italian finished the opening in 48 minutes.

Djokovic, triple champion in Madrid, shot 20 uns forked mistakes in the first image and finished the competition with a total of 32.

“This is my idol, he has always been. I was just happy to be able to play it because I never played him, I practiced myself once with him. So playing on a scene like this was already a victory for me,” said Arnaldi, who presented an entertaining brand of tennis.

“But, you know, he is not at his best right now, so I came to the court to try to play my best tennis and win. It happened. So, at the moment, I don’t even know what to say.”

Djokovic, 37 years old, conceded that he was trying to accept a “new reality”, where he approaches tournaments with low expectations, given his recent results.

“”[My expectations were] Not big at all, to be honest. I was hoping to be able to play a match more than I played Monte Carlo, “said the Grand Colem champion at 24 times.

“A kind of new reality for me, I must say, trying to win one or two games, not really thinking of going far in the tournament. It is a completely different feeling of what I had in 20 years and more professional tennis, so it’s a kind of challenge for me mentally in the face of this kind of sensations on the field, going out early now in the tournaments.

“But it is, I suppose, the circle of life and the career; finally it was going to happen.”

Elsewhere, Lorenzo Musetti, playing his first match since he reached the greatest final of his career in Monte Carlo, exceeded Tomas Etcheverry 7-6 (7/3) of Argentina, 6-2 to book a third final meeting with Stefanos Tsisipas.

The talented Italian is about to make his debut among the 10 best, after entering the tournament at a career in career 11.

Musetti admitted that he was doing his best so as not to check the ATP Live classification website until he officially joins the Top 10 club.

“This week, I don’t want to watch,” said the 23 -year -old player, who went to the new number in the live ranking on Saturday.

The title champion of the Australian Open, Madison Keys, was broken while he served for his third round victory in 5-4 in the second set against Anna Kalinskaya, but recovered to finish a 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) in an hour and 48 minutes.

The keys to the fifth seeded lost to Kalinskaya earlier this month in Charleston.

“I knew I had to increase my level after getting a little spanking the last time,” Keys said.

Semi-finalist in Madrid 12 months ago, Keys awaits his compatriot Emma Navarro or Donna Vekic in Croatia in 16 years.

The fourth American seeded Coco Gauff has attenuated the compatriot Ann 6-2, 6-3 to install a last confrontation with the Swiss Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic.

The teenager of seventh seeded Mirra Andreeva continued her impressive form during the WTA 1000 tournaments this season by storming the fourth round with a performance of 7-5, 6-3 against Magdalena Frech, 27th seeded.

The 17 -year -old Russian, who won consecutive titles in Dubai and Indian Wells, will face the Ukrainian qualification Yulia Starodubtseva for having obtained a second quarter of Madrid consecutive.

(With the exception of the title, this story has not been published by NDTV staff and is published from a unionized flow.)