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These are moments that Novak Djokovic especially likes. With his sovereign final victory by 7: 5, 6: 3 over Argentine Diego Schwartzman (ATP 15), the 32-year-old Serbian is immortalized in the best list of tennis books. His fifth title in Rome is number 36 in a tournament of the top ATP category, the Masters 1000. He has surpassed Rafael Nadal (35) and has distanced himself even more from Roger Federer (28).
Additionally, Djokovic has won each of the nine events in this series at least twice; no other player has ever done it once. He is truly the master of masters!
A great performance that does not seem at the start of the game against Schwartzman, who has played very well in recent days. Faster than you may think, he is 3-0 down with two breaks. Did soccer legend Diego Maradona give wings to his fellow tennis players with his messages of encouragement on the social network? No, Djokovic later explained his false start in another way: “It was raining lightly and there were a lot of noises from the fans in the stands that I was no longer used to.”
“You are a crazy gamer”
As soon as you have adapted to the new circumstances, you can no longer be detained. The little 1.70m gaucho can keep up to 5: 5, then the 71 minute set goes to the opponent. The same game in set 2. The “Djoker” immediately takes a break. But what does that mean? Nothing, he repeats, is immediately unstoppable and defeats his rival, who has never won, for the fifth time.
“You’re a crazy, very good player,” praised Schwartzman, who previously fell short of world No. 2 and quarter-final opponent Nadal (Sp) and semi-final rival Denis Shapovalov (Ka, ATP 14), who He challenged him for three and a half hours the night before. had to overcome more difficult obstacles than the number 1 in the world. He had to deal with Salvatore Caruso (ATP number 87), Filip Krajinovic (29), Dominik Koepfer (97) and Ruud (34) …
That does not diminish Djokovic’s joy: “Today I played my best tennis. That I found my fifth gear when I was counting makes me especially proud ”, he says in the first interview on the field through the mask. And: “So I travel to Paris with the best possible sensations.”
Will he manage to win his 18th Grand Slam title there after the failed attempt at the US Open? One thing is for sure: when it comes to the history books, and the best marks from archrivals Federer (20) and Nadal (19), Djokovic is particularly ready.
