If he wanted to send a message to a week of Roland-Garros, it’s successful. Novak Djokovic returned to great form and ended a perfect week for him in Rome on Sunday, where he won the timpani for the 6th time in his career. Author of a breathtaking start to the final, the world number 1 mastered Stefanos Tsitsipas in two sets (6-0, 7-6) and just over an hour and a half of play (1h36 precisely). This is the 38th Masters
A victory that feels good… The world No.1 Novak Djokovic was full of confidence before Roland-Garros by winning his sixth title – his first of the year – on Sunday at the Masters 1000 of Rome face to Stefanos Tsitsipas (5th in the world) 6-0, 7-6 (7/5).
By succeeding on the charts to Rafael Nadal, emperor with ten Roman coronations eliminated this year in the eighth, the 34-year-old Serb confirms his return to great shape after a first quarter
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15/15 – Tsitsipas does not keep the rhythm in the exchange and decenters a forehand.
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0/15 – Djokovic commits his first double fault.
DJOKOVIC – TSITSIPAS 6-0, 1-2: Tsitsipas comes back in front in this set with a good service game.
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In his race to become the GOAT of tennis, Novak Djokovic has just crossed a symbolic bar. The player won his 1,000th victory on Saturday to reach the final of the Masters 1000 in Rome, with the objective of a sixth crown on Italian clay one week before the start of Roland-Garros.
“If I could have chosen a place to celebrate this 1000th victory, it would have been in Serbia or here,” smiled “Nole” as he received a cake displaying
Even if we could no longer really doubt it, the rise of Novak Djokovic is confirmed a stone’s throw from Roland-Garros. The Serb qualified for the semi-finals of the Masters 1000 in Rome this Friday evening by dominating Felix Auger-Aliassime (7-5, 7-6 [1]). The Serb still hasn’t lost a single set since the start of the tournament. “Djoko” will thus play his thirteenth half in the Italian capital.
The harshness of the score is mainly due to the formidable resistance
Novak Djokovic very seriously raised his voice. At the end of an absolutely magnificent meeting, the Serb validated his ticket for the last four of the Masters 1000 in Rome after a hanging success against Félix Auger-Aliassime in the quarter-finals, Friday evening, in a boosted Foro Italico.
Winner in two sets of the Canadian (7-5, 7-6), after 2:09 of the match, “Nole” has already secured his place as world No. 1 for the next Roland-Garros. Finalist leaving in Rome, his
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Week after week, Carlos Alcaraz, winner of the Madrid Masters 1000 on Sunday, continues to dazzle the tennis world. Asked on Monday who beat him in Madrid, Novak Djokovic assured that the Spaniard was, for him, the current “ best player in the world” and ” definitely one of the big favourites” for Roland-Garros (May 22 – June 5).
“He’s different, that’s for sure. He breaks a lot of records at 19 years old. So far, he is the best
At 19, he has already entered the history of modern tennis. Carlos Alcaraz achieved an exceptional performance on Saturday in the semi-finals of the Masters 1000 in Madrid by overthrowing the world number 1 after an epic match in three tie-breaks (6-7, 7-6, 7-6) and 3h35 of tennis delight . He thus becomes the first player to beat Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in the same tournament on clay, which is moreover on two days in a row.
The youngest
Novak Djokovic retired from the ATP Masters in Madrid despite a steeply rising form curve. The world number one lost two weeks before the French Open in the high-class semifinals against Spain’s shooting star Carlos Alcaraz 7: 6 (5), 5: 7, 6: 7 (5) and thus missed his second final of the year after his final defeat in Belgrade. In Roland Garros, the 34-year-old is the defending champion from May 22nd.
The sensational Alcaraz (19) had defeated Rafael Nadal (35)
The shock, scheduled this Thursday at the Masters 1000 in Madrid, had a delicious scent of nostalgia. But the 37th meeting between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, both born in 1987, will still have to wait, if it ever takes place. Sick, the Scot, former world number 1 today 78th, withdrew before the round of 16 scheduled for midday, said the tournament organizers. The Serbian, current boss of world tennis, and the Briton have not played against each other since
Successful return for Gaël Monfils after a month away from competition. Indeed, the Frenchman had felt the need to preserve himself after his defeat in the third round of the Miami Masters 1000 at the end of March. It must be said that this first round of the Masters 1000 in Madrid offered him a recovery largely in his strings in the person of the young Spaniard Carlos Gimeno Valero (20 years old, 369th).
Harmless in service, where he stubbornly
Novak Djokovic was “heartbroken” for Boris Becker, his coach for three years between 2013 and 2016, when the German was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. The former world number 1 and six-time grand slam winner between 1985 and 1996 was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Friday by British justice for financial offenses related to his personal bankruptcy.
“I was heartbroken for him. He is a long-time friend, he was my coach
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World number one Novak Djokovic is allowed to start at the lawn gymnast in Wimbledon without being vaccinated against the corona virus. Organizers defend exclusion of Russian and Belarusian players.
May compete in Rome unvaccinated: Novak Djokovic.
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Vaccination is not a requirement for participation in the third Grand Slam tournament of the year from June 27 to July 10, said Sally Bolton, managing director of the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC).
Novak Djokovic at a Serbia Open press conference in Belgrade: “When politics interferes in the sport, the result is not good.”
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The world number one in tennis, Novak Djokovic, does not think the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian professionals from Wimbledon is a good idea. He fundamentally condemns wars, but such measures are
A new, powerful voice has been raised in the world of tennis against the exclusion by the organizers of Wimbledon of Russian and Belarusian players, due to the conflict in Ukraine. After the ATP, it was Novak Djokovic who reacted on Wednesday: “I will always condemn the war, being myself a child of the war, launched the 34-year-old Serb. But I can’t support the decision of the Wimbledon tournament, I think she’s crazy. »
This sanction concerns in particular Daniil
Novak Djokovic was eliminated on Tuesday as soon as he entered the second round of the Masters 1000 in Monte-Carlo by the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich (46th) 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1. The world No.1 was playing his fourth match on the circuit, after the three at the ATP 500 in Dubai, since his defeat in the semi-finals of the Masters in mid-November 2021. At the end of last season, he had also reached the Davis Cup semi-finals with Serbia. Then, due
Djokovic misses his comeback
The world No. 1 bows for his return to the circuit. Faced with a solid and enterprising Davidovich Fokina, the Serb was messy (45 unforced errors), despite a fine 2nd set snatched from the tie-break. The Spaniard will face Goffin or Evans in 8th.
Caramba, failed again. Daniil Medvedev will wait to win a first title this season and will wait before becoming world number 1 again: physically weakened, he could not avoid Thursday’s defeat in the quarter-finals in Miami, against Hubert Hurkacz, last year’s winner . The 2nd in the world, finalist of the last Australian Open, lost 7-6 (9/7), 6-3 against the Pole (10th in the world), who will face on Friday the Spanish phenomenon Carlos Alcaraz (16th), scorer of the Serbian
Novak Djokovic will regain his throne. The Serb, absent in Indian Wells and Miami, will again be world number one on Monday, in place of Daniil Medvedev, who took his place at the top of the world hierarchy since February 28. A consequence of the defeat (4-6, 6-3, 6-1) of the Russian in the third round of the Indian Wells Masters 1000 against Gaël Monfils on Monday. The Russian needed to reach the quarter-finals to ensure he stays atop the
