Novak Djokovic’s miserable start to the clay-court season continued with a second-round defeat to world No. 44 Matteo Arnaldi at the Madrid Open, in what he described as his “new reality” on the ATP Tour.

2 - Novak Djokovic has lost consecutive opening matches in ATP-1000 events (Monte Carlo & Madrid 2025) for just the second time in his career after losing at Indian Wells and Miami in 2018. Struggle. #MMOPEN | @MutuaMadridOpen @atptour @ATPMediaInfo pic.twitter.com/5JDhBhKJyv

MADRID–Three-time champion Novak Djokovic may have played at the Madrid Open for the last time after crashing out in the second round to Italian Matteo Arnaldi on Saturday, with the Serbian admitting he did not know if he would return.