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| Novak Djokovic with his 5th Italian Open Title and 36 ATP Master titles. Image Credit:@twitter/@ |
Novak Djokovic passes Pete Sampras with 287th Week at No.1 in FedEx ATP Rankings. Pete Sampras was at the top with 286th Week. Now Roger Federer is the only one who is ahead of Novak Djokovic in this list as Roger stayed for the 310th week at the No.1 position.
After a win over Argentine Schwartzman with 7-5, 7-6 in an Italian Open Djokovic extend his big title lead over his arch-rival Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Rafael Nadal has 55 big titles while Roger has 54 big titles. Novak Djokovic is going ahead of these 2 in many ways. Now he is just behind in Grand Slams with the 17 titles where Roger Federer leads with 20 and Rafael has 19 titles. After this win, Novak has a better chance to win French Open than any other player.
This match was watched by 1000 fans with maintaining a social distance. This is Novak Djokovic's 36th Master title and this is his 5th Italian Open title. This is Novak's first title after he defaulted from the US Open.
Set 1
Schwartzman finished a play with a magnificent touch but first, he made a lob shot over Djokovic and Djokovic replied with a pretty good one but Schwartzman hit a shot with a very solid bounce smash. Schwartzman got a point for the deuce. Schwartzman had an advantage in a game, Djokovic hit a ball into a net to give a game to Schwartzman. Schwartzman broke the first game of Djokovic's serve.
Djokovic also hit a shot into a net in the 3rd game of a set to give it to Schwartzman. It was another error by Novak Djokovic. Djokovic got one break back in the fourth game of a set. Djokovic got another game on Schwartzman to serve with a backhand down the line, Schwartzman was unable to clear a shot to the other side and hit it into a net. Djokovic got an advantage in that game. There was some rainfall in Rome. Schwartzman gave a point and game to Djokovic with an unforced error. Djokovic got break, game, and set point on the Schwartzman's serve. but it was saved by the Argentine. Schwartzman saved a game point and set. In the 12 games of a set, Djokovic got the set with an unforced error from Schwartzman.
Set 2
Schwartzman made some very good plays in the second set of the game with his drop shots.
Djokovic got the 8th game of a set with a powerful down the line shot, Schwartzman had no answer of it. What a way to do it and get a game and break on Argentine serve. In the last game of a set and match, Djokovic started a game with powerful shots. In the last play of a game, Schwarzman made an unforced error and hit a ball outside of an outline on Djokovic's drop serve. Djokovic got the game, set, and match with some records on his name.
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