SpainThe fourth seed Novak Djokovic lost the third consecutive match when guarding the racket 3-6, 4-6 in the hands of opponent Matteo Arnaldi in the second round of Madrid expanded, April 26.
This is the second consecutive tournament Djokovic stopped immediately the match, after defeat at the hands of Alejandro Tabilo at Monte Carlo Masters. Earlier, Nole was defeated by Jakub Mensik in the expanded Miami final.
Djokovic left Madrid with a winning achievement from the beginning of the season of 12-7, the most bad number of his career. Arnaldi has the biggest victory in his career when he first defeated his opponent in the top 5 in the world. “Djokovic is my idol forever,” Italian player said. “This is a great honor, because I was only practicing with Djokovic. It was clear that he was not in the highest form.”
Djokovic in the Arnaldi match in the second round of Madrid expanded 2025, April 26. Image:Reuters
Djokovic has many troubles on the pitch requires high physical strength. In both sets, he was short of breath in durable balls, losing most of the balls over 10 times touching the racket. The hand loosening from the end of the yard made Djokovic pay the price, because Arnaldi was not only durable defense but also capable of entering the pitch finish.
At the end of the set, after each player took advantage of a break-point, Arnaldi made a difference thanks to the saving of Djokovic’s difficult shadow phase. In the eight game, the 24-year-old player rescued the seniors’ small shot, then took advantage of the first break-point to overtake 5-3 leading. Thanks to the good serve with a 64%scoring rate, Arnaldi kept the game decision to win 6-3.
After making up to 20 self -damaged errors in set one,DjokovicMore well in set two. The owner of 40 Masters 1000 won all three of the first game without giving Arnaldi the opportunity to have a break-point. But on the other side of the net, the player is standing 44 the world also plays well, with many difficult balls and moving elegantly to save the ball. Coming to Game Bay, Arnaldi took the lead thanks to taking advantage of the only break-point that he had in this set.
Djokovic congratulates Arnaldi. Image:Reuters
The highlight of the two set is the eight game, when Djokovic leads 40-0 thanks to the impressive deep return. At the best time to equalize, Nole made a series of errors. The shot on the net was too light, causing him to lose the first break-point. After that, Djokovic broke back when he had the opportunity to enter the pitch. These two wasters of the opponent help Arnaldi calm down and serve better to score two more points and keep the game successful. In the game delivering the end of the match, the Italian player maintained a dangerous and strong deal, then won in the second match-point.
32 Djokovic’s self -defeating errors are nearly twice as much as Arnaldi, while he only has 21 winner as the opponent. The score rate on Djokovic’s net is only 40%, the 70% inferior to his usually. The serve also has a problem when Nole only records 40% of the points from the two serve and three double errors.
The high seed is different from fate like Djokovic, Holger Rune. The player who has just won the Barcelona championship is injured, leading to giving up after losing a 2-6 set under the hands of Flavio Cobolli. Meanwhile, the number one candidate for the title of Alexander Zverev won Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 6-2.
