This eliminates the first meeting between the two in five years. At that time Djokovic and Murray faced each other in Doha.
Now the 34-year-old Serb is moving into the last eight in Madrid without a fight. Djokovic had previously only won once morest Gael Monfils in the Spanish capital. In the first round he benefited from a bye.
The world number one now meets the Pole Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals at the Masters in Madrid, who defeated Djokovic’s compatriot Dusan Lajovic 7: 5, 6: 3 in the round of 16.
Cleverly played – this is how Murray got the upper hand once morest Thiem
