Sturdy begin for Nole in Madrid!
World no.1 Novak Djokovic started his Mutua Madrid Open marketing campaign with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Gael Monfils in a single hour and 27 minutes on Manolo Santana Stadium on Tuesday.
Match was interrupted because of rain at 2-2 within the first set, and when the play resumed, the three-time former champion dominated the competition.
Novak transformed all three break factors he earned and saved all 5 break level possibilities towards his personal serve, enhancing to a historic 18-0 profession H2H document towards the Frenchman.
The assembly was solely their second match on clay. The spectators may see loads of entertaining rallies between two nice shotmakers.
“For me mentally it is a crucial win,” Novak stated. “I performed some of the athletic and quickest gamers that we have now within the sport. I do know I’ve to all the time be prepared that one other ball will all the time come again from his a part of the courtroom, that it’s important to continually attempt to have a managed aggression… and dictate the purpose. I used to be shifting nicely, dictating with the forehand aspect, shifting him across the courtroom and discovering my serve and in addition the previous couple of service video games, discovering my return.”
Djokovic subsequent takes on 2008 and 2015 titlist Andy Murray (GBR, WC) who defeated Denis Shapovalov (CAN, 14).
The 2 tennis greats have met 36 instances, Novak leads their H2H collection 25-11. The third spherical match is scheduled on Thursday.
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