He was struck in the left calf by an overhead smash from Cameron Norrie after Djokovic had already turned around and given up a point. Djokovic also objected to his British rival’s decision to take a medical break immediately before he served out the match.
Angered by his opponent, Novak Djokovic rejected a point early in the second set of Tuesday’s 6-3, 6-4 triumph. This wasn’t merely the result of his furious glare.
Novak Djokovic
Cameron Norrie was the target of Novak Djokovic’s ire after being struck in the left calf by an overhead smash. He also objected to his British opponent’s decision to take a medical break shortly before he finished serving the game.
Norrie, who was not made available for comment, was defeated by Djokovic in his greatest clay-court performance of the year. Iga Swiatek, the two-time defending Rome champion, defeated Donna Vekic 6-3, 6-4 in the women’s competition.
- Djokovic also objected to his British rival’s decision to take a medical break immediately before he served out the match.
- Cameron Norrie was the target of Novak Djokovic’s ire after being struck in the left calf by an overhead smash.
- Iga Swiatek, the two-time defending Rome champion, defeated Donna Vekic 6-3, 6-4 in the women’s competition.
She will now play Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina. Karolina Muchova was defeated by Paula Badosa 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-2, and she will now face Jelena Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion.
On a cloudy day after it had rained all morning, Djokovic was playing at the peak of his abilities. The most significant information in this text is that Holger Rune, the seventh-seeded player, defeated Australian qualifier Alexei Popyrin 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, and that Novak Djokovic defeated Rune in straight sets.
After this match, Djokovic will hand Carlos Alcaraz the No. 1 ranking, and he will be the No. 2 seed in the French Open. In a rematch of the Paris Masters final, he will next take on Holger Rune, the seventh-seeded player.
For the third time this year, Daniil Medvedev defeated 2017 winner Alexander Zverev. He will now compete against German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann to advance to the semifinals. Lorenzo Sonego was defeated by Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6 (3) in a different match that got underway on Monday.
