Italian Open: Novak defeats Stefanos Tsitsipas to capture record-extending 38th ATP Masters 1000

In Tennis, World No.1 Novak Djokovic capped a historic week yesterday at the Italian Open in Rome, where he overcame Stefanos Tsitsipas to capture a record-extending 38th ATP Masters 1000 crown.

The Serbian became the fifth man in the Open Era to earn 1,000 match wins when he defeated Casper Ruud in the semi-finals and he backed that up with a hard-fought display against Tsitsipas to win his first title of the season. The top seed, who will spend a record-extending 370th week at No 1 in the ATP Rankings from today, has defeated Tsitsipas in consecutive years in Rome, having overcome the fourth seed in the quarter-finals in 2021.