 What's going on everybody welcome back to some breaking news and world number one Novak Djokovic is out of the Madrid Open He's actually coming up with a statement via Twitter. Let's go check it out So through the Madrid Open Twitter Novak Djokovic gave them a statement saying sorry that I won't be able to travel to Madrid this year And meet all my fans It's been two years already quite a long time hope to see you next year And he joins a long list of big names that are not playing in this event Djokovic Of course being the defending champion from 2019 He joins Marin Chilic born a charge has pulled out Roger Federer, David Goffin, Monfice, Milos Rionic and Stan Vavrinca Have all pulled out as well So the event just keeps on getting smaller But it does give opportunities for those younger players to come through and get a big win So the 2019 champion is out of the Madrid Open He is not playing and he joins a long list as we just saw but he's pulling out mainly because of family reasons He just played in Serbia where he got his family to come and watch if you watch during the Serbian Open His son was in the stands cheering He hasn't been able to travel with them over the last 12 months or so because of the pandemic He can't bring his family he's got two young kids and his wife But he can't bring them to the Australian Open to see him win Because of the restrictions that are really strict in other countries and some are not so strict That's why Novak Djokovic is pulling out he wants to spend more time with his family this week And then play in Rome next week where he's also the defending champion But let me know down in the comments below Do you think Djokovic is going to do this a little bit more over the next couple of months As we start going back to America and maybe even the Olympics To the world number one and the defending champion Djokovic is out of the Madrid Open