After Carlos Alcaraz was suddenly eliminated early, Novak Djokovic was the most appreciated name for the Rome Masters 2023 championship. Notably, he was also the championship of the tournament.
After passing Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Grigor Dimitrov and Cameron Norrie, Djokovic was present in the quarterfinals. Here, the Serbian tennis player had a Holger Rune encounter. Notably, at the nearest meeting, the final of Paris Masters 2022, Nole lost to this young player.
Entering Set 1, Rune made the fans in Rome surprised when the game was too good. The Danish player has a break right in the first game to gain advantage. In game 2, Djokovic has 2 breakpoint, but does not take advantage of success.
Coming to Game 5, Nole let Rune break the game for the second time. The score now was 4-1 in favor of the 20-year-old tennis player. In the rest of the set, Djokovic could not reclaim the break, thereby accepting to lose the gap 2-6.
Leading 1 set, Djokovic played efforts in Set 2. After successfully saving 1 break point in game 3, he once won the break in game 6 to take the lead 4-2 and 5-2. At game 9, the drama was pushed to the climax when Rune reclaimed the break successfully after a series of durable balls with 34 touch rackets.
After this game, the match was postponed about an hour because it rained heavily. Back in the field, Djokovic brought the competition to the balance. The defending champion won the break in the game 10 decided, thereby ending Set 2 with a 6-4 victory.
However, the joy of Djokovic is short. Set Set 3, he let Rune control the game completely. The Danish tennis player won 2 consecutive breaks to take the lead 4-0 and 5-1. Coming to Game 8, Nole has 1 break-point but does not take advantage of success. He accepted the racket with a score of 2-6, thereby officially stopping in the quarterfinals of Rome Masters.
According to the statistics, Djokovic made up to 35 self -damaged errors in this match, including 22 errors from hand -shaped shots. Meanwhile, Rune only made 15 errors. This is the first time since 2004, one of the two players, Djokovic and Nadal, cannot participate in the final of Rome Masters.
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