The Spaniard and the Serbian have only been pitted once. In Madrid, in the semifinals in 2022.
May 7, 2022, at the foot of the final of the Masters 1000 in Madrid. After 3h36 of arm wrestling, the Spaniard defeated the world No. 1 6-7 (5/7), 7-5, 7-6 (7/5). After beating Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals, he became the first player to beat the Spanish and Serbian legends successively on clay.