Mutua Madrid Open 2022: A victory against Monfils in Madrid is enough for Djokovic to maintain world number one

Novak Djokovic will participate this Tuesday in the fourth tournament of this season where it presents a balance of five wins and three losses.

The Serbian makes his debut on the track Manolo Santana with Gael Monfilsstarting at 4:00 p.m., whom he has defeated in the 17 precedents between the two.

Novak remains the leader of the ATP circuit helped by the operation on a hernia of Daniil Medvedev that has left him without playing the European clay court tour.

Djokovic, in his 368th week at the top of the racket sportputs his title on the line at the Mutua Madrid Open despite Medvedev’s withdrawal.

By defending 500 points that he drags from the title in the 2019 edition, the tennis player from Belgrade is obliged to beat Monfils to continue as the first in the classification.

Dead heat

There would be a tie at 7,990 points with Medvedev, but ‘Nole’ would prevail ahead of the Muscovite. It should be remembered that Nole’s domination was interrupted on February 28 at the conclusion of the Acapulco and Dubai tournaments in favor of Medvedev. The Russian remained at the top barely three weeks.