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Why Raducanu, Djokovic and Alcaraz are usually not taking part in at Madrid Open with 17 gamers lacking

Motion will quickly begin from the Madrid Open however the mixed occasion is lacking hoardes of the ATP and WTA’s best.

Emma Raducanu will miss the Madrid Open (Picture: Getty)

A complete of 17 gamers have withdrawn from the Madrid Open, together with Emma Raducanu, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic. The second clay ATP 1000 and first WTA 1000 on the floor this season will get underway this week.

Madrid’s Caja Magica will quickly welcome a few of the brightest stars in tennis. The mixed occasion noticed Aryna Sabalenka named champion within the girls’s singles 12 months in the past as Casper Ruud took the boys’s singles crown. Rafael Nadal gained this event a staggering 5 instances, with Djokovic tasting victory on three events to this point. However followers won’t be able to catch a glimpse of the Serb this time round. Spanish famous person Alcaraz additionally gained the occasion in each 2022 and 2023, however he’ll be bypassing it this yr, as he did in 2025, as Specific Sport appears to be like at these lacking in Madrid.

Fellow Brit Sonay Kartal can also be lacking with a again harm and 7 extra WTA stars are absent. These embody Emma Navarro, Maya Joint, Sara Bejlek, McCartney Kessler, Barbora Krejcikova, Varvara Gracheva and Veronika Kudermetova.

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