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ATP Madrid - Thursday Schedule: Roger Federer, Djokovic, Nadal to play

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Simona Halep will once again open the schedule in Madrid on Thursday. The Romanian player will face Ashleigh Barty, trying to defeat the Australian for the fourth time in career. This year they faced each other in Sydney with Barry prevailing in straight sets, but that was Halep's first match of the season coming back from a back injury. Novak Djokovic will face Jeremy Chardy for the 13th time. The Serb beat Chardy all the 12 times they played against, and the Frenchman only took a set off from the Serb in the 2009 Australian Open. Roger Federer will seek his 10th win over Gael Monfils out of 14 matches played. The Swiss won their most recent match in the 2015 French Open. Monfils beat Federer only once on clay in the 2014 Davis Cup. Federer has opened his clay season in style defeating the Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-2 6-3 on Tuesday.

At night the country's hero Rafael Nadal plays against Frances Tiafoe for the second time in career, the Spaniard defeated the American in straight sets earlier this year in the Australian Open. On the Arantxa Sanchez court, Marin Cilic faces Laslo Djere, who upset Juan Martin del Potro on Wednesday. Naomi Osaka plays against Belinda Bencic, the Swiss leads the head to head meetings 2-0. She won in 2013 Pelham ITF event and this year's Indian Wells. Fabio Fognini versus Dominic Thiem and Stan Wawrinka against Kei Nishikori headline the Stadium 3 order of play.

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