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World leader Novak Djokovic won Saturday’s quarter-final match in the men’s tournament of the Roman scum tennis tournament in three more difficult games than expected. However, Spain’s Rafael Nadal, who is returning to Rome after an absence of almost seven months, not only suffered, but also dropped out of the quarter-finals.
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| Novak Djokovic is tougher than expected, but wins against Dominik Köpfer (Photo: AFP) |
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In the Italian capital, the four-time champion Serbian star fought a particularly close fight at 97th place in the German world rankings. Dominik Köpferrelwho, however, was a bit tired for the third set, so in the end it could not be a surprise. The crash had a stage in which Djokovics – who was disqualified from the US Open two weeks ago – smashed his bat in anger.
This time in 2nd place is Spanish Rafael Nadal He had already triumphed nine times in the Italian capital, probably for the reason why he decided to return to Rome after an absence of almost seven months due to the coronavirus epidemic (unlike most of the best players, he missed tournaments September Americans).
He also won his first two matches according to the paper form, without losing a game, but in the quarterfinals, the Argentine, who was ranked 8th, was eliminated in two sets. Diego Schwartzmantól.
Nadal took an early break in the first set, after which he dropped that game, but in the next, Schwartzman managed to take his opponent’s serve game for the first time. It is true that with the Argentine leading 4: 3, the Spanish was still able to recover. On the other hand, at 5: 5 the Argentine reached the break points again and took advantage of the opportunity, and from there he no longer made any mistakes in his own serve, winning the match 6: 2, 7: 5.
Among the women, the top player of the tournament, the Romanian, was among the four Simona halepIn addition, she had to spend little more than one match on the field because her Kazakh rival, Julia Putineveva, gave up the match in the second start.
Viktoria Azarenka, the loser in the US Open final a week ago, said goodbye in Saturday’s quarterfinals. On the Belarusian player, the Spanish Garbine Muguruza, a former Roland Garros winner, won in three games.
ATP 1000 TOURNAMENT, ROME
QUARTERLY
Djokovics (Serbian, 1st) – Köpfer (German) 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 3
Ruud (Norwegian) –Berrettini (Italian, 4) 4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 (7-5)
Shapovalov (Canadian, 12th) – Dimitrov (Bulgarian, 15th) 6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 2
Schwartzman (Argentine, 8.) – Nadal (Spanish, 2.) 6: 2, 7: 5
WTA TOURNAMENT, ROME
TRIMESTER
Halep (Romanian, 1st) – Putininceva (Kazakh) in 6: 2, 2: 0 Putininceva surrendered
Muguruza (Spanish, 9.) – Azarenka (Belarusian) 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
Vondrosouvá (Czech) –Svitolina (Ukrainian, 4th) 6: 3, 6: 0
K. Plísková (Czech, 2nd) – Mertens (Belgian, 11th) 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 0
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