VIDEO: ковиokovi ис made history, achieved 1000 victories in the "eternal city"!
No lost set, Novak Djokovic placed in the final of Masters tournament in Rome, it is a total of 12 finals for the Serbian ace in the Italian capital.
The world number one racket tonight confirmed the better form in the semifinal match with 10 world players, Norwegian Casper Rudd. After one hour and 45 minutes, ковиokovi. Triumphed with 2: 0, in sets 6: 4, 6: 3. This was the third meeting between ковиokovi и and Ruud, all three were won by the Serbian tennis player.
Make that 1️⃣2️⃣ Rome finals for Djokovic 🙌
He defeats Ruud 6-4 6-3 & will face Tsitsipas on Sunday.@DjokerNole | @InteBNLdItaly | # IBI22 pic.twitter.com/W09XioNqeE
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Ковиokovi продолжи continued to set new records in world tennis. Tonight he recorded the jubilee 1000 victories in his career. They are still in the "Club 1000" Jimmy Connors who stood at 1274 wins, Roger Federer 1251, Ivan Lendl 1068, a Rafael Nadal has 1028 wins.
It is already known that the Serb secured the first place on ATP list, on Monday will start the 370 week at the top. He still has eight weeks left to surpass the record of the legendary Steffi Graf.
The moment Djokovic made history (again) in Rome 👏@DjokerNole | @InteBNLdItaly | # IBI22 pic.twitter.com/0OWgp69xjP
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Most ATP Masters 1000 finals 🎾
🇷🇸 Djokovic - 55
🇪🇸 Nadal - 53
🇨🇭 Federer - 50@DjokerNole | @InteBNLdItaly | # IBI22- ATP Tour (@atptour) May 14, 2022
He will be at the top of the list for at least another four weeks, until the end of the Roland Garros tournament, where he will try to reach the 21st title of Grand Slam tournaments. He has won nine times at the Australian Open, six times at Wimbledon, three times at the US Open and twice at Roland Garros.
He is the first tennis player in the open era to win every Grand Slam at least twice, and he is the first and only player to win all nine tournaments in the series. ATP Masters 1000, the only one to have won all 1000 Masters at least twice.
Welcome to the 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ wins club!
Djokovic is the fifth man in the Open Era to achieve this milestone 👏@DjokerNole | @InteBNLdItaly | # IBI22 pic.twitter.com/lQwIVN7Dpo
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Most ATP Tour match wins since 2018 🎾
🇷🇸 Djokovic - 217
🇬🇷 Tsitsipas - 215
🇩🇪 Zverev - 215@DjokerNole | @InteBNLdItaly | # IBI22- ATP Tour (@atptour) May 14, 2022
He won a total of 37 tournaments in this category, and holds the record by winning as many as six in one season. But that's just part of an impressive list of records that are likely to be updated in the coming days and weeks.