Live tennis Madrid Open day 5: Djokovic battle Murray, Nadal meets “delicious bait”
(Sports news, tennis news) The focus of the 5th day of the Madrid Open is definitely the duel between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.
* Two pairs of matches Novak Djokovic – Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal – David Goffin will be reported live by us. Dear readers, please take a look!
Novak Djokovic – Andy Murray: 5pm, 5/5, men’s singles third round
Right in the third round of Madrid Open men’s singles, the audience will witness a “blockbuster” confrontation between one who is the reigning world No. 1 and the other who is the former world No. 1. Murray used to be a player in the “Big 4” group and won 3 Grand Slams in his career.
Djokovic confronts Murray in the 3rd round of the Madrid Open
Djokovic started his quest for his fourth title at the Madrid Open with an easy 6-3, 6-2 victory over Gael Monfils in the second round. Meanwhile, Murray opened his campaign with a 6-3 victory, 6-4 against US Open 2020 champion Dominic Thiem, before coming upstream to defeat 14th seed Denis Shapovalov 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 in the second round.
Djokovic leads Murray 25-11 in the past head-to-head record. The Serbian also leads 5-1 on clay and has won both meetings at the Madrid Open. However, this will be the first encounter between the two players in five years. Therefore, fans have the right to believe in a game worth watching between two players who were once rival rivals of the world tennis village.
Rafael Nadal – David Goffin: 9pm, 5/5, men’s singles third round
Nadal started off like a dream in 2022 with 20 consecutive victories and won all 3 tournaments Melbourne Summer Set, Australian Open and Mexican Open. The world number 4 tennis player continues to maintain his impressive form at Indian Wells reached the final but suffered an injury and lost to Taylor Fritz 6-3 7-6. After recovering from injury, the Spaniard beat his comeback with a 6-1, 7-6 victory over Miomir Kecmanovic in his opening match at the Madrid Open.
Nadal has won against Goffin all 4 times on clay before
Nadal’s opponent in the third round is the 8th seed Goffin. The Belgian beat Aslan Karatsev 6-2, 7-5 in the first round before beating Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-4 6-2. However, it is difficult for Goffin to continue to go deep at the Madrid Open. The reason is because on clay, Nadal has won against Goffin all 4 times in the past.
Lorenzo Musetti – Alexander Zverev: 20:30, 5/5, men’s singles third round
Seeded number 2 and also the defending champion of the Madrid Open, the German player had a rough start when it took 3 sets to beat 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic 4-6, 6-4 , 6-4. The opponent of the 2020 Olympic champion is the 10th seed Musetti.
Zverev is not in good form
The Italian player struggled to overcome Ilya Ivashka with the scores 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the first round before easily defeating Sebastian Korda 6-4, 6-3. This is only the first time Zverev has met Musetti, so a surprise can happen especially in the context that the German tennis player has not been in good form since the beginning of 2022.
In addition, on the 5th day of the Madrid Open, there were matches of 4th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6th seed Andrey Rublev and “little Nadal” Carlos Alcaraz.
According to Sy Anh (Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Magazine)
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