The 2024 edition will certainly not be an edition to remember Masters1000 of Madrid in reference to the problem of accidents. At the Caja Magica unexpected situations follow one another and, after the withdrawal of Jannik Sinner due to a critical hip before facing the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassimethat of the Russian Daniil Medvedev (n.4 in the ranking) also arrived.
An abandonment on different grounds, since the Russian raised the white flag by playing and facing the Czech Jiri Lehecka (n.31 ATP), who he had prevailed against in the previous round Rafa Nadal. Medevev was forced to shake hands with his opponent ahead of time, after losing the first set with a score of 6-4, for a groin problem.
After requesting the intervention of the physiotherapist, the Russian decided not to push further, having acknowledged the impossibility of recovering a match already compromised due to its conditions. It remains to be understood what the consequences of this critical issue will be and whether the winner of the 2023 edition of the Internazionali d’Italia will have to give up defending his title on the courts of the Foro Italico.
Lehecka will therefore face Auger-Aliassimein a semi-final with an anomalous composition because it was the result of two withdrawals as mentioned.
