
World No 1 Novak Djokovic ended his lengthy wait to assert his first title of 2022 as he beat Stefanos Tsistsipas in consecutive matches within the Italian Open closing to assert his second title. six in Rome. Djokovic is again in high type only a week earlier than the French Open, the place he would be the favourite candidate to defend the distinguished crown on clay.
It was additionally Novak Djokovic’s report 38 Masters 1000 Open Championship win, which got here a day after the Serb took his one thousandth win on the tour, turning into the fifth man within the Open Period after Jimmy Connors , Roger Federer, Ivan Lendl and Rafa Nadal did it. so.
Djokovic beat Tsitsipas 6-0, 7-6 (5) in final 12 months’s French Open closing.
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Djokovic’s sixth straight win over his Greek opponent was inevitable as he crept by the primary set with a superb batting, to which Tsitsipas had no reply.
Tsitsipas’ identify shook round Campo Centrale within the fourth sport of the second set, nevertheless, an unwarranted mistake from Djokovic gave the Greek participant two breaks, wherein he switched the primary level. to take a 3-1 lead within the set.
After being held to a draw by Tsitsipas to make it 4-1, Djokovic then sped up, profitable 5 of the subsequent seven to take it to a tiebreak earlier than claiming his sixth Italian Open title. , and for the primary time since profitable the Paris Masters in November.