(ANSA) – ROME, MAY 05 – In Madrid there will be no 37 / o duel between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray: the Scottish, former world number 1 and today 78th, retired before the round of 16 that were scheduled at noon. “Unfortunately Andy Murray, ill, cannot” play, write the organizers of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament.
Djokovic and Murray would have faced each other for the 37th time in their career, the last one dating back to January 2017 in Doha. The Scotsman, titanium hip since 2019 and the recipient of a wild card at the Madrid tournament, had won his first two clay court matches in five years (Roland-Garros 2017), against Dominic Thiem, then against Denis Shapovalov. In the quarterfinals Djokovic will face the Polish Hubert Hurkacz or the Serbian Dusan Lajovic.
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Source: Ansa
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