The Serbian phenomenon speaks after the defeat in Madrid against Arnaldi: “I hope not, but it may have been my last game here”
In five of the last tournaments he played, Novak Djokovic came out four times to his debut. It was defeated on the debut three times in the first four seasonal Masters 1000: the last time it occurred was in 2018, a season not started better for the former number one in the world. It is the first defeat at the debut in Madrid after twelve years since the last time. It is a Djokovic who struggles to find his condition and tennis. At 37, 38 in just under a month, the hypothesis that he may be his last match in Madrid, the one lost against Matteo Arnaldi, there is and admits it himself at the press conference: “It could be. I’m not sure if I return to Madrid. I will definitely return, I don’t know if as a player. I hope it’s not my last game here, but it could be”.