On the evening of May 4, Beijing time, the second round of the ATP1000 Madrid Masters began to compete, and the No. 5 seed Rudd met with Rajovic, who broke through in the qualification round. After three fierce sets of matches, Rajovic eliminated his opponent 2-1 and won the first of the four engagements between the two sides.
In the first set, Rajovic took the lead in the 3rd set to complete the break, and in the 6th set Ruud broke the opponent's serve to chase it 3-3. Since then, both sides have successfully defended their own serves, and the first set game has been dragged into the seventh. The two sides fought fiercely in the seventh set, and Rajovic defused the set and cashed in on his third set, winning 9-7 to win the seventh.
In the second set, Ruder took the lead in the 3rd set to complete the break, and in the 5th set he broke the opponent's serve, and then saved the serve to take a 5-1 lead. In the 8th set, Ruud successfully saved the ball to win the set and win the second set 6-2.
Neither side gave their opponents a chance in their respective serves in the first nine sets of the decider, with Rajovic taking a 5-4 lead. In the 10th set Rudder was broken in a set with no way back, and Rajovic won the decider 6-4.
In the end, in a game that took 2 hours and 17 minutes, the world's 77th-ranked Rajovic defeated the world-ranked Rudder 7-6 (7)/2-6/6-4 to reach the men's singles round of 16. Rudd was out of the madrid Masters in the opening game, and Djokovic, who was in the front quarter with him, had one less rival on the way to the top.