{"id":32973,"date":"2025-04-19T12:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T12:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/32973\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T12:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T12:52:09","slug":"atp-player-who-just-beat-novak-djokovic-withdraws-from-the-madrid-open-and-is-replaced-by-former-top-10-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/32973\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP player who just beat Novak Djokovic withdraws from the Madrid Open and is replaced by former top 10 player"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Madrid Open is rapidly approaching, representing the next ATP Masters 1000 event in the calendar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another such event in the Monte Carlo Masters has just concluded, with Carlos Alcaraz emerging victorious.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/andy-roddick-has-noticed-a-big-change-about-carlos-alcaraz-in-monte-carlo-which-he-hasnt-seen-in-2025-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Roddick thinks Alcaraz played with a different intensity<\/a> in Monaco, where he clinched his second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/atp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ATP<\/a> title of 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/opinion\/the-three-atp-players-who-could-fly-on-clay-without-rafael-nadal-playing-for-the-first-time-since-2002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alcaraz is capable of really shining on clay<\/a> this season, with his current focus now on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/barcelona-open-2025-how-to-watch-prize-money-predictions-and-more-as-carlos-alcaraz-bids-to-regain-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barcelona Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ATP Tour has also moved on from the Monte Carlo Masters to the BMW Open, with Madrid up next in the schedule.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210144086-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Jean Catuffe\/Getty Images\" class=\"wp-image-82347\" \/>Photo by Jean Catuffe\/Getty ImagesAlejandro Tabilo withdraws from Madrid Open as Cameron Norrie steps in<\/p>\n<p>But there has already been a notable casualty for the tournament, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/alejandro-tabilo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alejandro Tabilo<\/a> withdrawing from Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>The Chilean ace has been replaced by Briton Cameron Norrie and German Daniel Altmaier is next in the list, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/atp-player-who-recently-beat-novak-djokovic-suffers-injury-new-which-is-not-good-he-is-set-to-miss-weeks-of-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tabilo having withdrawn from the BMW Open<\/a> because of a left wrist injury.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/jimmy-connors-tells-carlos-alcaraz-what-he-needs-to-do-next-after-winning-the-title-in-monte-carlo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jimmy Connors tells Carlos Alcaraz what he needs to do next after winning the title in Monte Carlo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The WTA Tour also heads to the Spanish capital in the near future, with former world number four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/former-world-number-four-withdraws-from-the-madrid-open-with-injury-as-french-open-claim-made\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caroline Garcia having withdrawn from the Madrid Open<\/a> too.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Madrid update:<br \/>OUT: Tabilo<br \/>IN: Norrie<br \/>Next: Altmaier<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Entry List Updates (@EntryLists) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EntryLists\/status\/1913151292219785367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> What ATP Tour titles has Alejandro Tabilo won?<\/p>\n<p>Tabilo has been causing plenty of upsets in recent times, with the Chilean having knocked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/who-is-novak-djokovic-step-inside-the-life-of-the-grand-slam-champion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Novak Djokovic<\/a> out of the Monte Carlo Masters earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The victory over the third seed came after he edged past Stan Wawrinka, with Tabilo then losing to Grigor Dimitrov in the round of 16.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/holger-rune-picks-who-he-thinks-is-possibly-the-best-player-in-the-world-on-clay-courts-right-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holger Rune picks who he thinks is \u2018possibly the best player in the world\u2019 on clay courts right now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1301\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2209386731-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images\" class=\"wp-image-81176\" \/>Photo by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Currently sitting 31st in the ATP Tour rankings, the 27-year-old reached a career-high of 19th last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Tabilo is a two-time winner on the ATP Tour, but has yet to clinch success on clay courts in his career so far, with an opportunity now set to be missed in Madrid.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Year<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Titles<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Tournaments<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Surface<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2024<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Mallorca<br \/>Auckland<\/td>\n<td>(Outdoor\/Grass)<br \/>(Outdoor\/Hard)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Alejandro Tabilo ATP Tour titles<\/p>\n<p>Norrie meanwhile, once the British number one, fell in qualifying in Monte Carlo before losing his opener in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>The former world number eight did manage to make it through qualifying in Spain, but later lost to Karen Khachanov in round one.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Madrid Open is rapidly approaching, representing the next ATP Masters 1000 event in the calendar. 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