Live tennis Madrid Open day 6: Djokovic “lightweight”, Nadal confronts “junior”

(Sports news – tennis news) The quarter-finals of the Madrid Open will see very interesting matches like Rafael Nadal vs Carlos Alcaraz or Andrey Rublev vs Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Novak Djokovic – Hubert Hurkacz: 19h, 6/5, quarterfinals of Madrid Open

1st seed of the tournament Novak Djokovic is still extremely favorable on the way to the 4th title at the Madrid Open. The fact that he did not have to play Andy Murray due to the Scottish player’s resignation helped Djokovic reach his best physical state before Hubert Hurkacz.

Djokovic is trying to revive

The Polish player had an easy match against opponent Dusan Lajovic and is showing his annoying play at this year’s Madrid Open. With the goal of breaking into the top 10 ATP, Hurkacz understands that he needs to know how to surprise opponents like Djokovic.

However, under ideal conditions, Nole would be hard to beat. The world No. 1 has had a slow start to the year and now it’s time for the Serbian star to return to his best form. Madrid Open will be a great motivation for Djokovic towards Roland Garros and certainly, this star will enter the game with the highest determination.

Rafael Nadal – Carlos Alcaraz: 9pm, 6/5, Madrid Open quarterfinals

Another top seeded player, Rafael Nadal, will have a much harder time when his opponent is fellow junior Carlos Alcaraz. The rising star of the village tennis The world has a chance to encounter the name he is always compared with.

Nadal will face a younger version of himself

The common point of the two players is that they both have to go through tough matches to be in the quarterfinals. If Nadal won hard against David Goffin after 3 sets, Carlos Alcaraz also spent a lot of physical strength to subdue Cameron Norrie.

Alcaraz’s youth is a great advantage for this player, in the context that Nadal is showing signs of weakening very quickly when the match is only at the beginning of the 3rd set. Therefore, this promises to be a match. not easy and even difficult for Nadal.

Andrey Rublev – Stefanos Tsitsipas: 1h, 7/5, Madrid Open quarterfinals

In the match that follows, fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas will face Russian star Andrey Rublev. This is probably the most evenly matched quarter-final of this year’s Madrid Open. Although rated slightly better than Rublev, but Tsitsipas always faces many difficulties when facing a player 1 year older than him.

Confrontation history is also very balanced when the two players have won 4 times in the past 8 encounters. Therefore, this promises to be an extremely unpredictable match in the quarterfinals.

*Note that the calendar is subject to change.