It will be a discreet edition of the Mutua Madrid Open 2021. The Masters 1000 in the Spanish capital now has 10 tennis players who ended up getting off the boat a few days after starting the activity of their main draw in the men’s branch, without two members of the “Big- 3”
Today the experienced French player Richard Gasquet joins that list. The current world number 52 withdrew from the next tournament after withdrawing from the Estoril Open after sustaining an injury following his first round match against Argentine Juan Ignacio Londero.
In this way, Gasquet joins an increasingly numerous list. Already in the week the Serbian Novak Djokovic had spoken about it, who had dropped the Madrid competition from his calendar.
Also in recent days, players like the Croatians Marin Cilic and the Italian Lorenzo Sonego. The first for his participation in the Estoril Open, where he is already in the quarterfinals, while the second has been suffering an injury since his coronation in Cagliari.
Previously, the Swiss Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, the Belgian David Goffin, the French Gael Monfils, the Canadian Milos Raonic and the Croatian Borna Coric had already declined the invitation. These are the 10 tennis players who, for the moment, have withdrawn from the Mutua Madrid Open 2021, with several important names within the ATP circuit.
Viktor Troicki recently claimed that Western media unfairly portray his compatriot Novak Djokovic.
Troicki spoke of Novak Djokovic
“We all see that dislike, it’s very easy to see,” Troicki said.
“The fact is that Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer were at the top before Novak Djokovic appeared, and suddenly a guy from Serbia came along and won all the tournaments. That doesn’t please everyone. We all know what the situation has been like in our country in recent decades.
The world does not have a good image of us, so not everyone, but some condemn it and have a wrong image of it. He is above all a well-intentioned man, he wants to help everyone, which he has shown many times, ”added Troicki.
“(The fact) that they condemn him, is because they do not know him or want to cause a sensation where there is none. It is not cute, they are wrong in many situations” Viktor Troicki, for his part, said that although Novak Djokovic could have difficulties to To succeed at Roland Garros, he is the player to beat both at Wimbledon and at the US Open.
“His priority is winning Grand Slams,” Troicki said. “In Paris it can be a bit more difficult, but he’s a favorite at Wimbledon and the US Open, he certainly wins another Slam this year.”
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