Djokovic was with Zverev on his attack at the Madrid Mutua Open

Rome Masters 1000 is facing its decisive stage starting this Wednesday, but rumors of the previous Madrid Mutua Open are still rife, especially the impact of Carlos Alcaraz’s huge victory and Alexander Zverev’s harsh criticism of the organization for the timing of their quarterfinal and semifinal matches.

The German He complained about the night hours that matched him “took away chances” to win. “ATP work has been an absolute disaster this week. Two days ago I slept at four -thirty, yesterday at two -thirty. If any normal person sleeps one night at four -thirty and then is five o’clock, it’s hard for him to just be awake, “said world No. 3 on Sunday after losing in the final against Carlos Alcaraz.

“I don’t want to take any credit from Carlos and now, even though he’s still fresh, maybe he won’t beat but it will definitely be a better fightHe added.

Well, in the last hours Zverev found an ally in his ‘war’ against night shifts. This is Novak Djokovicwho did not cut back when criticizing the situation experienced by the Germans in Madrid.

“You can’t finish your semi-final match at one o’clock in the morning and play the final the next day. I understand they want to sell more tickets scheduling an evening session on Saturday, but it could cause problems, ”the Serbian’s opinion after beating Aslan Karatsev in his debut at the Rome Masters 1000.

“Organizers should talk to players before making these types of decisions.. When I was the president of the Player Council a few years ago, I tried to solve this problem. But still, nothing has changed ”added the visibly troubled number 1 in the world.

Djokovic once again showed that he was approaching his best level and defeated Russian Aslan Karatsev in two sets (6-3 and 6-2), in just an hour and a half.

sweeping debut

‘Nole’ started unstoppably, wanting to solve the game. He broke Karatsev’s first serve and went 2-0 in the first change. The Russian reacted, redeemed himself from his mistakes on the first serve and so on, recovering the lost game and tied the tournament.

The fight was equal, but Djokovic continued to command at crucial moments and was able to smash his opponent again to get the first bet.

The second set was lighter for the Serbian, who in a seen and not seen scored 4-0 in favor of which Karatsev was sentenced and where he left himself, removing his foot from the accelerator, until the end of the crash.

In the round of 16, the winner of the match between his compatriot Laslo Djere and Swiss Stan Wawrinka will be measured.who gave the day a surprise on Monday by removing the American Reilly Opelka.