Sinner's win over the No. Roger Federer remains No. Having vented his frustrations on the racquet though, Djokovic went on to win the first set 6-3. Performance & security by Cloudflare, Please complete the security check to access. Less than 14 days after getting defaulted from the US Open for accidentally hitting a lineswoman with a ball, Novak Djokovic once again made headlines for his temper. In the second set, Djokovic proved his mettle by holding from 15-40 down for 3-2. “It was a great week, a very challenging week,” Djokovic said in his on-court interview. Djokovic will face Argentina's Diego Schwartzman in the final at 8:30 pm IST on September 21. “I need to kind of remove anything that can possibly cause any kind of issues, if there is something. Also Read | Coronavirus: 5 Players Ruled Out Of French Open 2020 Qualifying. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images). (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images), against Karolina Pliskova of The Czech Republic during day eight of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia at Foro Italico on September 21, 2020 in Rome, Italy. There were a few upsets on Wednesday afternoon, though, most notably No. If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices. Briliant Novak showed his best form in Rome, one week ahead of Roland Garros, winning his 81st career trophy! Your IP: 43.252.214.205 “I don’t think I played my best tennis throughout the entire week but I think I found my best tennis when I needed it the most in the decisive moments, today, yesterday, practically every match. The Serb, who tied Pete Sampras for the second-most career weeks at No. A year ago, Schwartzman took Djokovic to three competitive sets in the semi-finals in Rome, then lost to him in straight sets in the fourth round of the 2020 Australian Open. 1 in the world at 287. Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. He will be aiming for a 5th title at Rome Masters 2020. I am also the author of two books and an. Djokovic beat Diego Schwartzman 7-5, 6-3 … Simona Halep was also among the early winners on Wednesday. Djokovic is the not just the only man to win every ATP Masters 1000 title once, he’s the only one to win them all twice. World No. “[Making the] final at such a big event means a lot even after 15 years of being on the Tour. Into the 12th and 6-5 up, Djokovic capitalised on his first set point to take it after one hour and ten minutes. Joker made easy work of the youngster, defeating him 7-5, 6-3 to make yet another final; his second consecutive one at this event. “Obviously the Masters 1000 events are as important as it gets on the Tour. The women’s No. If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. Novak Djokovic enjoyed a historic day for himself on Monday. I couldn’t ask for a better tournament here in Rome, another big title and super-pleased with that.”. 3 Naomi Osaka is also skipping Paris due to a hamstring injury. 6 seeds in both draws were also ousted, with David Goffin falling to 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic, 6-2, 6-2, and Belinda Bencic losing to Montenegrin qualifier Danka Kovinic, 6-3, 6-1. “It’s going to be an adjustment, a challenge, how quickly can we adapt, how quickly can we adjust to this new surface,” he said. 1 Novak Djokovic made a winning start to the clay-court season in Rome on Wednesday, breezing past Italian wild card Salvatore Caruso in an hour and 24 minutes, 6-3, 6-2. It was Djokovic's first match since the default in the fourth round of the US Open. This will also give Djokovic the chance to overtake his arch-rival, Rafael Nadal with whom he currently shares the record of 35 ATP Masters100 titles.