A dominant show by Novak on the Internazionali BNL d’Italia at present.

High seed and world no.1 Novak Djokovic continued his bid for a record-extending thirty ninth Masters 1000 crown, following a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Cameron Norrie in Rome on Tuesday.

The 35-year-old Serbian star booked his place within the Italian Open quarter-finals for the seventeenth consecutive 12 months, sustaining his spectacular consistency on the Foro Italico.

Nole headed into the fourth spherical contest as a robust favorite after wins over Tomas Martin Etcheverry and Grigor Dimitrov.

The 22-time Grand Slam titlist managed the factors and dictated the rallies. He raced to a 3-0 lead and went on to wrap up the primary set. The 2 had exchanged breaks as soon as within the second set, earlier than Novak broke to like for 5-4 and served it out to seal his twentieth win this season.

Djokovic has now gained all three of his conferences in opposition to the British no.1.

“To this point, so good”, Novak stated after advancing in 89 minutes. “It was an early begin at present, unusual situations. We warmed up simply, like, 20 minutes. I completed my warm-up 10 minutes earlier than approaching court docket, so was speeding a bit with every thing. However we couldn’t play earlier due to the rain, so I’m glad to have overcome at present’s challenges in straight units and transfer on.”

Match statistics: aces (3-4), double faults (3-1), winners (21-19), unforced errors (14-29), whole factors gained (65-46).

The defending champion will face seventh seed Holger Rune of Norway subsequent (1-1 profession ATP H2H file). The quarter-final encounter is scheduled on Wednesday.

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