Novak Djokovic was the great star of the men’s draw at the Mutua Madrid Open that was yet to land in the capital of Spain, after the arrivals of Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz. And he did it this Saturday to later carry out his first training session in the Caja Mágica.
The world number one practiced for an hour and a half on court 7, starting at 17:30, along with Pablo Carreño from Gijón, with a large public following the practice of the two tennis players.
Djokovic, who will debut on Tuesday in the morning session against the Spanish Carlos Gimeno or the Frenchman Gael Monfils, arrived accompanied by his coach, Goran Ivanisevic, his physio, Ulises Badio, and his two agents, Elena Capellaro and Edoardo Artaldi. The Balkan, who returns to Mutua after a year of absence, He was champion of the tournament in 2019 and before that he had been in 2011 and 2016.
Nadal and Alcaraz, in the morning
Hours before Djokovic did, Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz exercised in the morning. The Balearic got up early to rally from 10:00 on court 7 with the Argentine Diego Schwartzman and the Murcian trained with Fabio Fognini from 10:00 to 12:00. The two went to the Santiago Bernabéu in the afternoon to witness live the match between Real Madrid, a team of which they are staunch fans, and Espanyol, in which the white team secured the league championship.