18: 0 and No. 1 defends: Djokovics start in Madrid SOME

After a freely in round one, the world ranking Djokovic in Madrid came against Gael Monfils - and ultimately clearly won the duel with 6: 3, 6: 2. Nole only had to tremble when he defended two break balls. After a rain break and the closure of the roof, he made short trial with his opponent. For the 34-year-old Serbs, it was the 18th victory in the 18th duel with the one year older Frenchman, which is currently led to position 21 in the world rankings.

Due to the victory, Nole also secured first place in the world rankings, in the event of a defeat he would have had to hand in the top position to Daniil Medvedev from Monday. However, this will not happen, but the Djoker, who has only contested nine matches in 2022, hopes for even more match practice because he wants to get in shape for the French Open. In the next round he meets the winner of the game between Andy Murray (Scotland) and Denis Shapovalov (Canada).

The defending champion Alexander Zverev, who was on number two in Madrid in Madrid in Madrid, contested his opening match against Marin Cilic (Croatia) on Wednesday.