In the early morning of May 4, Beijing time, the second round of the ATP1000 Madrid Masters began to compete, and djokovic Djokovic, the top seed of the tournament, played against Monfils. The two have met a total of 17 times on the Tour, with Djokovic winning all of them. Djokovic also performed even better in today's match, easily defeating his opponent in two straight sets to advance to the round of 16.
In the 3rd set of the first set Djokovic saved 2 consecutive break points to save the service, and in the 5th set Djokovic again defused the break point to save the serve. In the 6th set, Djokovic took the lead in the break to take a 4-2 lead. Djokovic saved the first set 6-3 in the 9th set.
In the second set, Djokovic took the lead in the 3rd set and then saved a 3-1 lead on the set. Djokovic broke again in the 7th set and Djokovic saved 2 break points in the 8th set to win the second set 6-2.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 27 minutes, world number one Djokovic defeated France's Monfils 6-3, 6-2. After defeating Monfils in this match, Djokovic won 18 straight against his opponents, setting a record for the longest winning streak against a single opponent in the Open era. Djokovic's opponent in the next round will be the winner between Murray and Shapovalov.