The Serbian tennis player beat Casper Ruud by partials of 6-4 and 6-4, and reached the final in the Italian capital. With this result, he enters the restricted group composed of Rafael Nadal, Ivan Lendl, Roger Federer and Jimmy Connors.
Novak Djokovic lives the history of tennis. The Serb reached 1,000 wins in his professional career after beating Casper Ruud in the Master 1000 semi-final in Rome, 6-4, 6-3 . With this result, he also reached his 12th final in this tournament.
In what was his ninth consecutive semi-final in the Italian capital, the Serb did not fail and He rose to the select group of tennis players that has more than 1,000 wins, consisting of Rafael Nadal (1,051), Ivan Lendl (1,068), Roger Federer (1,251) and Jimmy Connors (1,274) . .
On the match side, the first set started solidly for Djokovic, who broke the Norwegian from the start of the match. After confirming the break, the Serb kept pushing and grabbed his opponent’s serve again in the third game of the night.
At this height, Nole was unstoppable. With brilliant tennis, the Serb placed 4-0 in the first set. Meanwhile, Ruud couldn’t earn his first point of the night in Roma until the fifth game. .
However, Djokovic’s game started to fade and the Norwegian managed to get one of the breaks in game eight. But, despite Ruud’s improvement in the game, the Serb didn’t let go and ended up winning the opening set 6-4.
Meanwhile, the second started much more contested than the first, with a Norwegian already visibly more at ease on Roman clay. Thus, the two tennis players were very solid in their game.
However, this was the seventh game in which the Serb returned to attack, breaking Ruud’s game, taking advantage of the depth of his game. So, after many battles in the game, the Serb was able to take a lead 5-3 in the game. Finally, he confirmed his break and Nole was close to qualifying for the final.
And only one service since entering history has not failed. He broke Ruud again and was able to win the second set 6-4, which set him up in another Master 1000 final and reached this select group of tennis players with four win figures. . In Rome, Djokovic continues to expand his legend.
And, once the Serb confirmed his victory, the celebration and the hugs came. So, the celebration materialized with a white cake on which a large number 1000 was inscribed in red. The smile did not leave the lips of Nole, who was very happy with his new achievement .
Nole’s 100th wins break down as follows: 323 in Grand Slam, 380 in Masters 1000, 41 in ATP Finals, 13 in Olympic Games, 110 in ATP 500, 87 in ATP 250, 38 in Davis Cup and 8 in ATP Cup .
Tsitsipas is waiting for you
With his 1000th victory in his pocket, the Serb will now seek his 38th Master 1000 title against Stefanos Tsitsipas, who came from behind against Alexander Zverev (3rd) to qualify for the first time in a final in Rome.
The Greek, fifth in the world, had to fight to beat the German. After two and a half hours in the intense heat of Rome, Tsitsipas was able to win in three sets by 4-6, 6-3 and 6-3.
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