Organizers have declared that World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the Mutua Madrid Open to rest & prepare for the Rome Masters and Rollan Garros.
Kei Nishikori decided not to play Monte Carlo because he did not want to play five straight weeks on clay courts. But the world No. 5 is playing Barcelona this week, and will also play Madrid and Rome.
After an injury marred 2014, Nadal was more upbeat about it being a great start to the 2015 clay court season than his loss yesterday to Novak Djokovic