Djokovic, last minute drop in the Mutua Madrid Open

The bad news continues for the Mutua Madrid Open. If on Thursday Rafa Nadal announced that he will not participate in the tournament because he has not fully recovered from his psoas injury, This Saturday it’s Novak Djokovic.

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The world number one was suddenly eliminated from the quarterfinals of the tennis tournament in Banja Luka (Bosnia Herzegovina) after losing to his compatriot Dusan Lajovic, in a game where he once again showed that he is not physically fit.

“I don’t feel good on the court, my feet are slow and my footwork is clumsy. A lot of missed shots, totally undirected. I played well at times, but I played below my level,” said the twenty-two Grand Slam winner after the match.

The discomfort he experienced for several weeks in his right elbow They seemed to be the reason for the loss of the Serb, who opted for caution due to the proximity of Roland Garros

Novak Djokovic’s defeat was not just one of the last moments. Matteo Berrettini, Jack Draper, Soon-Woo Kwon, Marin Cilic and Nick Kyrgios are some of the right names that will not participate in the Mutua Madrid Opena tournament that begins next Wednesday, April 26, although seeded players won’t debut until Friday the 28th or Saturday the 29th.

This way, heading into Roland Garros, the world number 1 will only play the Masters 1000 in Romeand will do so after two disappointing results (round of 16 in Monte Carlo and quarterfinals in Banja Luka) that came after more than the entire month of March without competing due to the US government’s refusal to admit him because he had not yet entered. vaccinated against covid.

“The truth is that the preparation is focused on Paris. Last year, I started the season on regular clay and it was at the end when I was at my best,” he said after losing to Lajovic.