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Novak Djokovicnumber one in the world, qualified for the semifinals of the Rome Masters 1000 after beating Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets, and will seek his ticket to the final against Casper Ruud.
The top favorite to win the title in Rome required 2:10 hours to beat Auger-Aliassime, by partials of 7-5 and 7-6 (1)in the main duel of the day.
After a difficult start to the year “Nole” looks better every day on the court. This Friday he was solid at the Foro Italico against a rival who demanded it at times. Two breaks at the service of his rival, one against, gave the Serbian the first set.
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in the second Djokovic took advantage and went 5-3even had a ball to sentence the match, but Felix resisteddemanded Djokovic and forced him to play the “tie break”, where the Serbian had no complications to keep the win.
In addition to secure world number one ahead of Roland Garros and to reach his second consecutive semifinal, after accessing said instance in Madrid the previous week, Djokovic is one step away from the final and the ticket will be played against Ruud, who defeated Denis Shapovalov 7-6 (7) and 7-5. The Canadian eliminated on Thursday Rafael Nadal.
For his part, the second favourite, the German Alexander Zverev, and the sowing room, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, they will fight for the other ticket to the final after resolving their matches on Friday.
Zverev beat Chilean Cristian Garin in two sets, by partials of 7-5 and 6-2, in 1:51 hours of matches, while Tsitsipas ended the aspirations of the Italian Jannik Sinner, by 7-6 (5) and 6-2 in 2:27 hours of action.
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