MADRID — A decade after their first match, when they were a couple of promising teenagers, Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray again in Madrid, this time to win a record 29th career Masters title.
The top-ranked Djokovic defeated the second-ranked Murray, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, in the Madrid Open final on Sunday, 10 years after their rivalry started in the round of 16 of the tournament in Spain.
Djokovic, who beat Murray in three sets in that 2006 meeting, said that now, 10 years later, “We are the two best players in the world, which at that time maybe it seemed like something that will be very challenging for us to achieve.