Champion in Rome, Djokovic set a new record for the number of Masters 1000

After being eliminated from the US Open for his behavioral error, Djokovic returned to Europe and began his season on clay by attending the Rome Masters, the opening tournament before Roland Garros and the start of Serbia. Great action for the championship trophy.

Schwartzman’s eighth seed is seen as a big challenge for Nole when the Argentine is in good shape, eliminating “Clay King” Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals with the score 2-0.

Although Schwartzman caused a lot of difficulties for Djokovic, but the spirit of the world’s No. 1 player was shown at the right time to bring a 2-0 victory to the Serbian player after 1 hour 54 minutes of play.

This is the fifth time that Djokovic has won the Rome Masters, and more importantly, Nole won his 36th Masters 1000 title and became the player with the most Masters 1000 titles.

Djovic caught the bad ending, lost two breaks and gave the opponent a 3-0 lead. However, the No. 1 seed did not allow Schwartzman to break through, responding fiercely to the Serbian player who quickly demanded a break and tied the score 3-3. After the lost period, they both protected the game to better maintain serve.

For game 12, Schwartzman had to face triple set points, the Argentine could only successfully save two set points, Djokovic broke the third game and won 7-5.

The Serb continued to get off to a bad start when he entered set 2, adding an early break for Schwartzman, but as in the first set, Schwartzman couldn’t make a breakthrough when he let his opponent break in game 2. Still a bit. deflected in subsequent Djokovic service games, but defended his successful service games.

The turning point for the second set came in game 8 when Schwartzman lost all of his points on serve and lost the game. Having won the game and taking a 5-3 lead, Djokovic easily won 6-3 and closed the final.

“It was a great week, a challenging week, I don’t think I played the best I could all week, but I think I found the best when I needed it. most in the decisive moments today, yesterday, “said Djokovic after winning.

“I am definitely happy and proud to have won the fifth title here, at a time when I needed one. Preparing for Paris, I couldn’t ask to play better in Rome. Another great title and I am satisfied with this title.

In the recent ATP rankings, the Serbian will begin his 287th week at No. 1, beating Pete Sampras, who has 286 weeks ranked No. 1 on the ATP chart. Currently who has the most weeks in the world, is Roger Federer, the Swiss tennis player who has spent 310 weeks on top of the world. However, with the current form, the day when Nole surpasses the senior player will not be far behind.

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