Italian Open: Novak Djokovic wins maiden title in 2022, hits peak kind forward of French Open

Italian Open 2022: Novak Djokovic didn’t drop a set as he stormed to his sixth crown in Rome. The Serb defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas within the last to return to peak kind forward of Roland Garros.

Djokovic wins Italian Open 2022, finds kind forward of French Open (AP Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSDjokovic defeated Tsitsipas 6-0, 7-6 to win Italian Open crownIt was Djokovic’s first title in over 6 monthsDjokovic will head into French Open because the No. 1 seed

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic ended an extended look forward to his first title of 2022 as he defeated Stefanos Tsistsipas in straight video games within the Italian Open last to clinch his sixth title in Rome. Djokovic finds prime kind only a week forward of French Open the place he might be favourites to defend the distinguished clay-court crown.

It was additionally Novak Djokovic’s record-extending thirty eighth Masters 1000 victory, which got here a day after the Serb clinched his a thousandth win on the tour, changing into the fifth man within the Open Era after Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer, Ivan Lendl and Rafa Nadal to take action.

Djokovic decimated Tsitsipas 6-0, 7-6 (5) in a repeat of final yr’s French Open last.

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A sixth-successive win for Djokovic over his Greek opponent regarded inevitable as he stormed by the primary set with a blistering show of hitting, to which Tsitsipas had no reply.

Tsitsipas’s identify rung round Campo Centrale within the fourth recreation of the second set, nevertheless, as an unforced error from Djokovic gave the Greek participant two break factors, the primary of which he transformed to take a 3-1 lead within the set.

After Tsitsipas held to make it 4-1, Djokovic then upped it a gear, profitable 5 of the following seven video games to take it to a tiebreak earlier than sealing his sixth Italian Open title, and first since profitable the Paris Masters in November.