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Novak Djokovic takes on talented teenager Borna Coric at the Madrid Open on Wednesday, aiming to improve his clay-court season. 2016 ATP Masters 1000 winners Indian Wells Novak Djokovic Miami Novak Djokovic Monte Carlo Rafa Nadal The world No 1 is bidding to bounce back from his shock second-round defeat at the hands of Jiri Vesely at the Monte Carlo Masters last month and will face 19-year-old Coric, who saw off Nicolas Almagro on Tuesday.Djokovic has won the Madrid Masters crown on one previous occasion, back in 2011 and he will want to up his clay-court preparations as he bids to win the one Grand Slam crown that has so far evaded him - the French Open. Roland-Garros gets underway on May 22 and despite his wobble in Monte Carlo, the Serb has already claimed two of the three Masters titles this year as well as the Australian Open.Djokovic is meeting Coric for the first time but the Croatian teenager already has two finals under his belt this season, including one on clay in Marrakech.Coverage on Sky Sports 1 gets underway at 11am on Wednesday and there is an all-Spanish affair to kick off proceedings on the show courts with Feliciano Lopez up against Roberto Bautista-Agut, while Jo-Wilfried Tsonga takes on Albert Ramos-Vinolas.David Ferrer is up against American qualifier Denis Kudla, Juan Martin Del Potro will look to continue his return to form when he meets Jack Sock while eighth seed Tomas Berdych faces Denis Istomin. Masters of their Trade Nadal and Djokovic at the top of the tree One to WatchFourth seed Stan Wawrinka has been woefully out of sorts since winning the Dubai Open in February and Australias Nick Kyrgios is a very obvious threat - the pair also have previous after a verbal altercation in Montreal revolving around Wawrinkas girlfriend Donna Vekic.Already this season, the 21-year-old from Canberra has claimed his maiden ATP title with a win in Marseille and made no fewer than three semi-finals, one of which ended in him retiring injured against Wawrinka in Dubai while the Aussie produced a career best Masters effort in reaching the last four in Miami Masters. Stan Wawrinka and Nick Kyrgios have not always seen eye-to-eye Wawrinka, a double Grand Slam champion, has suffered defeats to David Goffin and Andrey Kuznetsov in Masters events this year and despite a run to the semi-final in Monte Carlo, he was outgunned by Rafa Nadal and could be an early casualty in Spain this week.Surprise in StoreThe clay is always capable of throwing up an upset or two and already this week weve had 12th seed David Goffin and 14th seed Dominic Thiem fall by the wayside as well as Grigor Dimitrov, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Bernard Tomic falling to players ranked below them. Fabio Fognini , the maverick Italian capable of stunning the worlds best Wednesday could be a similar tale with Italian maverick and clay-court specialist Fabio Fognini more than capable of surprising number six seed Kei Nishikori.Fognini beat Tomic on Tuesday in their first round encounter and while he has been below his best for much of the season with several early exits, but coupled with his favourite surface, a top-ten player and a high-profile event that is usually when the mercurial Italian is at his best.The pair have met on one previous occasion with Nishikori victorious in four sets at the 2011 Australian Open, and Fognini is a very different threat on the red dirt with all three of his career titles coming on clay. In Case You Missed ItBernard Tomic was a first round casualty on Tuesday and effectively handed his opponent victory at match point in Madrid. 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Brisbane Roar coach John Aloisi is certain Jamie Maclaren will eventually become a permanent Socceroo despite an inauspicious showing on his competitive debut.Maclaren was thrown up front by coach Ange Postecoglou in Tuesday nights World Cup qualifier but like the rest of the team, was a long way from his best in a disappointing 2-2 draw with Thailand.The 23-year-old, whose only prior experience with the national team was in a friendly match against England earlier this year, might have been starved of service but he also failed to impose himself on the match and was taken off after just 57 minutes.But Aloisi reckons its way too early to cast judgement on Maclarens international future based on that display.Everyone was disappointed with the performance. None of the players played at their best, Aloisi said.We know hes going to score goals and eventually hell score goals for the Socceroos.Ange is smart enough and experienced enough to know not to blame any one individual.The media, I think, have to understand that Maccas going to be a Socceroo and hes going to score goals for the Socceroos.ddddddddddddBut we dont want to put that pressure on him yet because theres other experienced players in the Socceroos that could have played better the other night as well.Its expected Maclaren will return to Brisbanes starting line-up for Saturday nights A-League clash against Sydney FC, although Aloisi was non-committal on if hell play the full 90 minutes.Obviously it wasnt a great result for them over there, but hes come back, looked confident, hes scored a few goals in training this morning, Roar captain Matt McKay said.Its a great honour for him to go and get a game, and have that trust of Ange to start the game, a World Cup qualifier.That confidence, its hard to keep him down. Hell be right for us in the coming weeks.The Socceroos wont return to action until their next World Cup qualifier against Iraq in March next year, to be played on neutral territory in Tehran, Iran. ' ' '