Djokovic, sixth joy in Rome The final is without history: Tsitsipas tamed in two sets

Among the women, number 1 Swiatek beats Jabeur with a double 6-2 The Pole repeats the success at the Internazionali d’Italia won last year

ROMA

Novak Djokovic is champion at the Internazionali d’Italia for the sixth time: the Serbian overcomes the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final on the central field 6-0 7-6 after an hour and 36 of play.

Match without history in the first set lasted just 26 minutes and ended with the result of 6-0 for Djokovic. Tsitsipas, who appeared very contracted throughout the game, changed gear at the beginning of the second set and deluded the crowd by quickly winning the break and going to serve at 5-3 to take the game to the third set. There, shot of the tail of the Serbian n.1 in the world, counter-break and second set decided at the tie break. In the final game Djokovic always appeared in control and finished with a score of 7-5. For the Serbian, who dedicated the victory to his son Stefan (“he is seven years old and today (yesterday, ndr) played his first tennis match, I hope he won: this cup is dedicated to him “), to his professional victory number 1,001 (since yesterday he is the fifth player to have achieved a thousand victories in the Open era after Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer, Ivan Lendl and Rafael Nadal), who wins his first tournament in 2022 and goes to Roland Garros as a favorite, his sixth victory in the Roman tournament after his defeat in the final with Nadal in 2021. Bad match for Stefanos Tsitsipas , n.5 in the world, never really in the game and never really appeared able to counter a Novak Djokovic who, in the final of the International BNL of Italy now in its 79th edition, appeared very solid and very attentive.

As for the women’s tournament, Iga Swiatek won the final for the second year in a row. The Polish, number one in the world, defeated the Tunisian Ons Jabeur in an hour and 22 minutes with the result of 6-2, 6-2. “I am proud of myself, – said Swiatek, who then spoke of her refugee refugees in Poland – I hope the war ends soon, I want to show my support to the Ukrainian people like all Poles”. –