Djokovic seeded in Madrid first round, Kecmanovic v Sonego, Medjedovic v Etcheverry

MADRID - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic, who will be seeded in the opening round of the Madrid Masters tournament, was on Monday drawn to play the winner of the tie between Italian Matteo Arnaldi and a qualifier in the second round.

Fourth seed Djokovic has won the Madrid Masters three times - in 2011, 2016 and 2019.

Djokovic and Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz are in the same half of the draw and cannot meet before the semi-finals.

Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic will face Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the first round.

If he wins, he will play Australian Alex de Minaur in the second round.

Serbia's Laslo Djere will face a qualifier in the first round and Hamad Medjedovic will take on Argentine Tomas Martín Etcheverry.

In a bid to qualify for the main draw, Dusan Lajovic will play Argentine Thiago Agustin Tirante in the first qualifying round.

The defending champion at the April 23-May 4 tournament is Russian Andrey Rublev.

The prize money in Madrid is 8,055,035 euros.