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Tennis: Unseeded Matteo Arnaldi stuns Djokovic at Madrid Open

# Tennis: Italian Matteo Arnaldi stunned fourth seed Novak Djokovic yesterday at the Madrid Open. The Italian delivered an inspired performance against his lifelong idol and capitalised on a below-par Djokovic to oust the three-time champion 6-3, 6-4 in the second round. Djokovic has now suffered three consecutive defeats. He reached the Miami final before falling to Jakub Mensik and then lost to Alejandro Tabilo in his Monte-Carlo opener. The unseeded Arnaldi next faces Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia, who overcame 32nd seed Sebastian Baez in three sets.