April 29, 2025

Djokovic, Raducanu and the lights are all going out in Madrid

1 hour 16 minutes

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Calvin Betton is stranded! The power cut in Spain means we are unable to contact our resident coach, so James Gray and George Bellshaw are taking up the mantle (or trying) in his absence.

They discussed...

Novak Djokovic was beaten in the second round of the Madrid Open 6-3, 6-4 by world No 44 Matteo Arnaldi, continuing a pattern that's becoming hard to ignore. Statistically, his win percentage this year has dipped below what Rafael Nadal managed in his injury-plagued, farewell-tour year.

Patrick Mouratoglou says Djokovic arrived on tour with an "average game". "Even today, at the end of his career, when you look at Rafa’s game, Roger’s game, Novak’s game, it’s incredible that Novak is the strongest of the three, the one who broke all the records. It shows that the most important thing is not in the tennis, in the racket."

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Emma Raducanu says she’s happy with an “informal” arrangement with Mark Petchey, who was coaching her at the Madrid Open.

And what IS a good record against top 20 players?

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