Novak Djokovic reached the third round of the tournament in Rome. The Serbian defeated Thomas Martin Etcheverry in straight sets 7-6(5), 6-2.

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Novak Djokovic is in the third round of Rome

The world leader got off to a good start at the tournament in Rome and reached the third round, having passed a rather difficult duel with Thomas Martin Etcheverry.

It took Nole an hour and 53 minutes to overtake the Argentine, who is ranked 61st in the ATP rankings.

In the third round, Djokovic will meet Grigor Dimitrov (33 ATP). The Bulgarian advanced to the second round against Stan Wawrinka, 6-4, 7-6(3).

Know:

  • Yannick Sinner will face the winner of the match between Oleksandr Shevchenko (Russia – 93 ATP) and Sebastian Baez (Argentina – 40 ATP).
  • In the current season, Grishnyk has 26 wins and 6 losses. He won the tournament in Montpellier, lost in the semifinals (to Alcaraz) in Indian Wells, played in the final in Miami (lost to Medvedev), and lost in the semifinals (to Rooney) in Monte Carlo.

The Rome Masters takes place from May 10 to 21 on clay, is part of the ATP 1000 category, has a total prize money of €7,705,780, Novak Djokovic is the reigning champion and Rafael Nadal holds the record for titles at the Italian Forum (10 ).