Due to heavy rain, the quarterfinals of Rome Masters 2021 between Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas had to move to 16:00 pm on May 15. The two players have gone through the extremely tense and dramatic match, lasting for 3 hours 18 minutes. In the end, Nole won 2-1 and went on to the semi-finals.
In the remaining quarterfinals, Lorenzo Sonego continued to make a surprise when defeating Andrey RubleV 2-1. Earlier, this 33rd world ranked player has just eliminated Dominic Thiem in the third round and is considered the “phenomenon” of the tournament. This is also the opponent of Djokovic in the semi -finals.
To keep up with the tournament progress, the Organizing Committee decided to rank Djokovic – Sonego on the night of May 15. That also means that the two players only have exactly 5 hours after the quarterfinals. However, they still give the audience a eye -catching match, extending through 3 sets.
In set 1, Djokovic has a very convenient start when winning the first white game. The turning point came in the fourth game when the world's No. 1 player won the break thanks to Sonego's self-damage error to take the lead 3-1. After that, he intent strongly and lowered the opponent with a score of 6-3.
In the second set, Djokovic made a lot of errors but still won 8 break-point. On the other side of the battle line, Sonego saved seven of them before losing the game and was led 5-6. Shortly thereafter, Nole was demanded to break when he missed 2 match point and was dragged into the world-class 33-class player. Here, he led 3-0 and 4-2, but in the end, he lost his juniors 5-7.
Entering the decisive set, Djokovic had calm down and showed the bravery of the world's No. 1 player. After rescuing 3 break-point at the beginning of Set 3, Nole won Sonego's ball game and 4-1 ahead. In the last game, he did not miss the opportunity to win Match Point when the Italian opponent hit the net. Shortly thereafter, Djokovic won the break and won the final 6-2 in Set 3 to write his name in the final of Rome Masters 2021. Here, he will encounter 'rival' Rafael Nadal.
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