Andy Murray (ATP 78) et Novak Djokovic (ATP 1) will still have to wait before facing each other. When they were to cross swords Thursday in the round of 16 of the Masters 1000 in Madrid, a first for more than five years, the Scotsman had to give up, sick.
“Andy Murray, sick, is unfortunately unable to join the Manola Santana Stadium“, wrote the organization of the tournament played on clay and endowed with 6,744,165 euros.
The two men would face each other for the 37th time, the first since the final of the Doha tournament in early 2017. ‘Nole’ therefore qualified without playing and awaits the winner of the duel between the Pole Hubert Hurkacz (ATP 14/N.12) and his compatriot Dusan Lajovic (ATP 77).
Murray, former world No.1, however, remained on two convincing successes in the Spanish capital. After dismissing the Austrian Dominic Thiem in two sets in the first round, he managed to beat the Canadian Denis Shapovalov in three sets.
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