The 2022 Madrid Tennis Masters continued, with djokovic, the top seed and world number one, facing his old rival Monfils, and the world's first place was gradually in a good situation, sweeping the opponent 2:0 in two consecutive sets, winning 18 consecutive games against Monfils, advancing to the round of 16 with his head held high, winning 18 consecutive games, which is also the most disparity in the men's tennis record. The No. 6 seed and Russian star Rublev lost and won the match against British youngster Draper, who won two consecutive sets after losing one set 2:6 to advance to the men's singles round of 16. Croatia's Cilic was in too much ups and downs in the match against Ramos, and finally won 2:1 after a bitter three sets with his opponent to advance to the next round, the 12th seed Hulkac refused to be reversed, won one set against Drien and then lost the second set to grab the seventh match, and finally played well in the third set, eliminating the opponent 2:1 on aggregate to advance to the next round.
World number one Djokovic this season did not start well, after being expelled from the Australian Open has been in the "closed cultivation", the recent comeback results are decent, monte Carlo Masters was eliminated in the first round after the difficulty of reaching the final of the Belgrade Tournament, after coming to Madrid Djokovic's state gradually returned, the first round of the world first against the French star Monfils, before this game Djokovic has 17 consecutive victories over Monfils, this game he still occupies an absolute advantage. In the first set, Monfils remained strong in the first four sets, while the world number one played a bit of a bump in the first two serves, almost being broken by the opponent in a row, and finally relying on experience to tenaciously fight the opponent to a 2-2 draw. In the fifth set, Djokovic was in trouble again in his own serve, but Monfils did not seize the opportunity, and the thrilling save Djokovic grabbed the only break point in the sixth set to break the Monfils serve and take a 4:2 lead, and after their respective saves, the world number one won 6:3 in the first set.
In the second set, Monfils took the lead in the first two sets, the two tried to ensure that the city gate did not lose to a 1:1 draw, in the third set Monfils faced the world number one who was gradually getting better, he unbelievably lost this set by four consecutive points, the world's first broke the opponent's serve and successfully saved the 3:1 lead, in the fifth game Monfils successfully saved his own serve to chase the score to 2:3, but the vietnamese and more courageous Djokovic then broke the two consecutive sets to lead the opponent 5:2. In the eighth set, although Djokovic was stubbornly resisted by his opponents in his own serve, he finally won the match without any danger, and finally won the second set 6:2, eliminating the opponent with a total score of 2:0 to advance to the round of 16. This is also Djokovic's 18th consecutive victory over Monfils, and he has never lost to an opponent in his career, creating the record for the most disparity in men's tennis, after Federer, Nadal, Bjöborg and others have won the same opponent 17 consecutive games, and Djokovic has set a record in tennis.
The top seed Djokovic easily advanced, the second match will be no. 6 seed Rublev is almost out of the cold, in the match with the British youngster Draper, Rublev's state fluctuated too much, the first set of the game Rublev entered the state slower, after being broken by the opponent many times to lose a set 2:6 first, the second set of the game Rublev state back to brave, with one more break than the opponent to win back a city of 6:4, the decisive set of the two sides are extremely fierce, the first ten games of the two sides are equally divided into a 5:5 draw, Rublev won two consecutive sets at the end of the set to win 7:5, and defeated the "post-00s" youngster Draper 2:1 on aggregate, and reached the round of 16 without any danger. The 12th seed Hulkac and Croatian star Cilic have encountered strong challenges in this round of matches, both of them are bitterly fighting three sets before winning hard, Hulkac won 2:1 against Drien, and Cilic eliminated Ramos 2:1.