Rafael Nadal: Spaniard dominates 16-year-old Darwin Blanch to reach second round of Mutua Madrid Open | Tennis News

Rafael Nadal dominated promising 16-year-old wild card Darwin Blanch to claim a masterful 6-1 6-0 victory in the opening round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday. Lefty Blanch was making just his second ATP Masters 1000 appearance in the space of five weeks after his tour-level debut on home soil in Miami. But his…

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Djokovic skips Madrid Open, Nadal to face teen Blanch

FILE–Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates victory over Croatia’s Dino Prizmic in their men’s singles match on day one of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 14, 2024. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP) World number one and record 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic will not play at the Madrid Open this week.…

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