Andy Murray has pulled out of his match against Novak Djokovic at the Madrid Open through illness.
Murray has not played Djokovic since the Qatar Open in January 2017, when the Brit was atop the world rankings. The Serb won in three sets.
The bitter blow comes as Murray had found form after he sensationally decided to reverse his decision to skip the entire clay-court season as he was handed a wild card for Madrid. He has been training on the surface for four weeks and it paid dividends as the three-time Grand Slam champion defeated Dominic Thiem and Denis Shapovalov to set up a clash with the World No. 1.
