“Novak in the second round Masters gave way to Italian Matteo Arnaldi”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
In 1/32 of the Serb final in two sets was defeated by Italian Matteo Arnaldi (ATR 44) in 1 hour and 42 minutes.
ATP 1000 Madrid. Soil. 1/32 finals
Matteo Arnaldi (Italy) – Novak Djokovich (Serbia) [4] – 6: 3, 6: 4
It was the first meeting of rivals.
Arnaldi in the third circle will play against Damir Jumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina, ATP 63).
Dzhokovich lost the third match in a row. On March 31, he gave way to Miami’s competition, and on April 9, he flew from Master’s to Montecarlo in the first match.
Matteo became the first player outside the top 30 rating of the ATR to defeat Novak in Madrid. For Arnaldi, this is a second victory over the first five ranking representative – two years ago, he passed Casper Rud on the courts of the capital of Spain, who was the fourth racket of the world at that time.
A day he’ll never Forget 🙌@mattearnalds #mmopen pic.twitter.com/e6g3zcjwpz
– tennis tv (@tennistv) April 26, 2025
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Matteo Arnaldi 
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Novak Dzhokovich 
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Matteo Arnaldi 
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Novak Dzhokovich 
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Novak Djokovich and Matteo Arnaldi