Kyle Edmund defeats 12-time Grand Slam Champion Novak Djokovic
Kyle Edmund defeats 12-time Grand Slam Champion Novak Djokovic
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Madrid: Serbia's world number one player, Novak Djokovic got defeated by the Kyle Edmund, in the second round of the Madrid Open tennis tournament. In the tournament, Edmund recorded his career's biggest win, 6-3 2-6, 6-3 in three sets. However, the current number one player, Spain's Rafael Nadal, entered the third round with a win.

The two-time champion Novak Djokovic has not won a single tournament so far this year. He has also lost the decisive set-up with Martin Kližan, Dominic Thiem, and Taro Daniels. Hence now leading to the list Edmund has also marked his name on this list.

The 22nd ranked British player of the world, Kyle Edmund, after winning, said it was a great experience to beat Novak Djokovic. Now the time has come when we can defeat these players. The British player will now face the eighth seed Belgium David Goffin in the third round. Djokovic, who has been suffering from elbow injury since a long time, has not reached the last eight of any tournament since last year's Wimbledon. He was out early in Monte Carle and Barcelona in the past month.

The 12-time Grand Slam Champion said that many things are not going well with me. But I have to work on my game and hope that my game will become strong in the next coming days. On the other hand, Nadal, the world's number one player, has steadily increased his claim for the sixth title at the Madrid Open, winning 20th consecutive wins on Clay Court. The Spanish player defeated French Guy Gael Monfils 6-3 6-1. Nadal, 31, was found in the opening round. He put 17 winners in the match and lost the same number of 13 service points in the second set and won.

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