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The Serbian tennis star won the Masters 1000 event in Rome on Monday and thus held a successful dress rehearsal for the Grand Slam tournament in Paris that begins this Sunday. In the final in Rome, the 33-year-old beat Argentine Diego Schwartzman 7: 5, 6: 3.
For Djokovic it was the 36th title in a Masters 1000 tournament, the events in the second highest category after the four Grand Slams. He surpassed the Spanish Rafael Nadal in this classification.
Djokovic used his third match point after 1:53 hours. The Serbian, who was last disqualified in the US Open quarterfinals because he accidentally shot a linesman with a ball, got off to a very bad start at Foro Italico and gave up his first two service games. But then the world number one came up and after 1:12 hours with the fourth set the ball still got the first round.
Schwartzman, who had surprisingly beaten Nadal in the quarterfinals, made life difficult for Djokovic even afterward. However, number 15 in the world. don’t take advantage of your break opportunities. Instead, Djokovic took his serve to 5: 3 and won the tournament a little later. The Serbian remains undefeated this year, it was the 31st win in the 32nd game.