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| Doubles (per team) | €319,652 | €188,030 | €110,606 | €65,062 | €38,272 | €23,920 | €14,950 | N/A |
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Novak Djokovic isn't the only player in his household who won a title yesterday. His seven-year-old son, Stefan, also played his very first tennis competition, winning the trophy the same day that Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in Rome.
Djokovic with son Stefan (center) and daughter Tara at last year's Paris-Bercy tournament.
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05/15/2022
Djokovic Extends 'Big Titles' Lead With Rome Victory.
Novak Djokovic’s first title of the season, which he claimed Sunday in Rome, was big in more ways than one.
The World No. 1 showed he is back to top form by defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-0, 7-6(5) to triumph at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, and also extended his lead in the ‘Big Titles’ race. The Serbian now has 63 of them, putting him five clear of Rafael Nadal (58) and nine ahead of Roger Federer (54). A 'Big Title' is a trophy at a Grand Slam championship, the Nitto ATP Finals, an ATP Masters 1000 tournament or an Olympic singles gold medal.
The 34-year-old has now earned at least one ‘Big Title’ in 11 of the past 12 years. He has also lifted at least one tour-level trophy in 17 consecutive seasons. With his sixth crown in Rome, Djokovic extended his record number of ATP Masters 1000 trophies to 38, putting him two in front of Nadal.
Djokovic still owns the best 'Big Titles' win-rate at one title won per 3.3 events played (63/205), while Nadal is second in the category, winning one for every 3.5 tournaments played at this level (58/201). Only Roger Federer (4.4, 54/240) and Pete Sampras (4.9, 30/147) have claimed a 'Big Title' at a rate of greater than once per five events played.
Current and Former Champions' Big Titles Won (Records Since 1990)
| Player | Grand Slams | Nitto ATP Finals | 1000s | Total^ (Avg) |
| Novak Djokovic | 20/65 | 5/14 | 38/122 | 63/205 (3.3) |
| Rafael Nadal | 21/63 | 0/10 | 36/126 | 58/201 (3.5) |
| Roger Federer | 20/80 | 6/17 | 28/138 | 54/240 (4.4) |
| Pete Sampras | 14/52 | 5/11 | 11/83 | 30/147 (4.9) |
| Andre Agassi | 8/61 | 1/13 | 17/90 | 27/164 (6.1) |
| Andy Murray | 3/53 | 1/8 | 14/106 | 20/170 (8.5) |
| Boris Becker* | 2/26 | 2/6 | 5/51 | 9/84 (9.3) |
| Thomas Muster | 1/29 | 0/4 | 8/53 | 9/87 (9.7) |
| Stefan Edberg** | 3/28 | 0/4 | 4/45 | 7/79 (11.3) |
| Gustavo Kuerten | 3/33 | 1/3 | 5/67 | 9/105 (11.6) |
| Jim Courier | 4/38 | 0/4 | 5/71 | 9/114 (12.6) |
| Marcelo Rios | 0/26 | 0/1 | 5/56 | 5/84 (16.8) |
| Marat Safin | 2/41 | 0/3 | 5/87 | 7/133 (19) |
| Michael Chang*** | 0/50 | 0/6 | 7/86 | 7/144 (20.6) |
| Andy Roddick | 1/46 | 0/6 | 5/75 | 6/129 (22.5) |
^ Includes Olympic Games gold medals and tournament participations
* Becker's four other Grand Slam titles came before 1990.
** Edberg's three other Grand Slam titles came before 1990.
*** Chang's one Grand Slam title came before 1990
https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djokovic-rome-2022-big-titles
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Nadal better retire or face outright humiliation @ 2022 Roland Garros and beyond.
Forget competing @ 2022 Roland Garros, Nadal cannot even be an active ATP player without facing certain disgrace and embarrassment - forget catastrophic injury.
It's freaking over.
If he doesn't recognize it he WILL pay for it LONG after he is done with tennis.
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2022 Roland Garros win for Djokovic will be the 'perfect' revenge for Nadal winning 2022 AO? Do you see the similarities? No, you don't!!!!!!!!!
Djokovic couldn't play @ 2022 AO and Nadal won it tying Djokovic's record of two Career Slams.
Nadal may (will?) not play (even if he does, it's as good as not playing) 2022 Roland Garros and Djokovic will(?) win it to clinch his THIRD Career Slam - forget tying No. 22.
That's sufficient blatant revenge for you????????? Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Five players who have won 1000 or more matches @ ATP Masters. How many can you name? One?
Connors.
Lendl.
Federer.
Nadal.
Djokovic.
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Medvedev On Return In Geneva: 'I Feel Great'. World No. 2 pursuing first title of the season.
Daniil Medvedev returns to action this week at the Gonet Geneva Open for his first competition of the clay-court season. The World No. 2 is ready to compete following a “small procedure” to repair a “small hernia” after Miami.
“I feel great. [I] managed to get around I would say two weeks of good practice and one week of full practice,” Medvedev said. “[I] decided that it’s going to be good to prepare [for the] French Open, to get some matches here. Some matches, hopefully more than one.”
Medvedev will be making his debut in Geneva, where he will play former Top 10 star Richard Gasquet or Australian John Millman in his opening match. The 26-year-old, who has posted several videos of himself training in recent weeks, is hoping to get off to a quick start on his return.
This will be Medvedev’s first appearance on clay since losing in last year’s Roland Garros quarter-finals against Stefanos Tsitsipas, and he is hoping to adjust to the surface quickly. “It’s never been easy for me on clay courts to straightaway start good,” Medvedev said.
The 13-time tour-level champion will pursue his first title of the year in Switzerland and his maiden crown on clay. He will have to overcome a tough field, which includes potential quarter-final opponent Dominic Thiem, defending champion Casper Ruud and third seed Denis Shapovalov.
Most importantly, Medvedev is feeling well leading into his first tournament in six weeks.
“I’m feeling good,” Medvedev said. “Physically, I’m feeling ready.”
https://www.atptour.com/en/news/medvedev-geneva-2022-preview
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Novak Djokovic becomes fifth player to reach 1,000 match wins.
Viktor Troicki first encountered Novak Djokovic on a tennis court. He recalled blanking Djokovic 9-0 in an under-10 event in Belgrade.
Troicki’s favourite memory of his close friend also came on court, about 15 years later in the pro ranks. Djokovic, in the infancy of a career-altering season, turned the tables by dispatching his compatriot 6-0, 6-1 in Indian Wells in 2011. The serenity of the California desert contrasted with NATO bombs Djokovic and his family evaded in the Serbian capital in 1999.
“He kicked my ass, and at the net I was furious,” Troicki, now 11 months into retirement, told ATPTour.com. “I even broke my racquet into two pieces. I was coming up to the net to congratulate him. He smiled and told me, ‘Great match, you played very well.’ He was obviously joking. He made me smile and laugh about it, and it was something good friends do.
“We played a lot of matches, and I didn’t have too much success against him,” Troicki chuckled.
But Troicki isn’t alone in experiencing defeat at the hands of the 37-time ATP Masters 1000 champion, who today becomes just the fifth man in the Open Era to reach 1,000 match wins.
When asked by ATPTour.com for his initial thoughts on Djokovic achieving the extremely rare milestone, colourful commentator Robbie Koenig began with, “No-vakking — if you can start with that word — way!”
“It’s mind boggling what he has done, and the type of opposition he has had to do it against, in the (Roger) Federer-(Rafael) Nadal era,” continued the five-time ATP Tour doubles winner from South Africa.
It added to Djokovic’s extensive, distinguished list of records, such as, from 2015-2016, becoming the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to claim four consecutive majors and the first in the Open Era to bag each of the majors at least twice.
If not keeping track, those feats completed at the French Open marked his 730th and 961st wins.
No man has held the No. 1 Pepperstone ATP Ranking longer (369 weeks) or completed the Career Golden Masters (winning all nine Masters 1000 tournaments), which, for good measure, he has done twice. That includes winning the ‘Sunshine Double’ (capturing Indian Wells and Miami in the same year) four times. And let’s not forget his five titles at the Nitto ATP Finals.
Djokovic joined fellow GOAT candidates Federer and Nadal in tallying 1,000 victories. But before the emergence of the all-conquering Big Three, it hadn’t been done in the men’s game since Ivan Lendl in 1992. Jimmy Connors, a rival of Lendl’s, became the founding and only other member of the select club in 1984.
That Djokovic sits in the same class as Connors and Lendl is appropriate. Connors possessed a two-handed backhand and returns lauded by different generations, with Djokovic ascending to the same lofty heights.
In 2018 at the Nitto ATP Finals, John Isner, second only to Ivo Karlovic in career aces, rated Djokovic as the “No. 1 and No. 2 and No. 3” top returners he has ever played.
More than one shot is needed to enter the GOAT conversation, but a contender for Djokovic’s trademark stroke would be his backhand down the line on the backfoot — either during a baseline exchange or as a passing shot.
Indeed, the backhand drew special praise from Federer on the eve of their Wimbledon thriller in 2019.
“If I think of Novak, one thing that jumps out at me, is his jump back and to the left,” said Federer, edged out in five sets two days later. “How he's able to defend on that side, which I think has won him numerous matches and trophies. He does that better than anybody.”
https://www.atptour.com/en/news/novak-djokovic-journey-to-1000-wins
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Djokovic: 'I Couldn't Ask For A Better Week'
Serbian lifted a record-extending 38th ATP Masters 1000 trophy in Rome
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic revealed that he is delighted with where his game is after he captured a record-extending 38th ATP Masters 1000 crown on Sunday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia.
The Serbian, who beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, did not drop a set en route to his sixth title in Rome and earned his 1000th match win along the way.
“I couldn't ask for a better week really,” Djokovic said in his post-match press conference. “[I] played a perfect set today. Didn't drop a set the whole tournament. I trusted the process really when I started training on clay...
“I usually peak here in Rome. I've had six titles but also had a lot of finals and semi-finals. Always a really good week of tennis with a lot of matches, and competitiveness on the court. Anything that I was really looking for here in Rome I got.”
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The 34-year-old’s victory in the Italian capital has marked an impressive turnaround for Djokovic, who lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in his opening match in Monte Carlo just a month ago.
Despite his struggles at the start of the European clay swing, the top seed said that while he 'felt rusty', he never panicked and believed he would regain his best level providing that he played matches.
“I think physically I really felt really good from Madrid onwards,” Djokovic added when discussing his run to the semi-finals in Spain. “Already there I felt like the physical issues that I was facing in Monte Carlo and Serbia were behind me. I put in a lot of fitness hours between Serbia and Madrid.”
Pleased with his progress, Djokovic will now turn his attention to Roland Garros, where he will pursue the title and draw level with Rafael Nadal on 21 Grand Slam crowns.
“I could not ask for a better lead-up to Roland Garros really,” Djokovic said. “Serbian Open finals, really working my way through the tournament physically. Then Madrid, better performances, but still maybe not as sharp in those decisive moments. And here everything kind of came together and clicked.
“I'm going to Paris with confidence and good feelings about my chances there.”
https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djokovic-rome-2022-reaction-sunday
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Championship point: Swiatek vs Jabeur 2022 Rome Masters.
2️⃣8️⃣ wins and counting for @iga_swiatek pic.twitter.com/ASNU8x5qkF
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) May 15, 2022
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Needle movement for Djokovic after 2022 Rome Masters win.
| # | Career Titles |
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| 109 |  Jimmy Connors |
| 103 |  Roger Federer |
| 94 |  Ivan Lendl |
| 91 |  Rafael Nadal |
| 87 |  Novak Djokovic |
| 77 | John McEnroe |
| 72 |  Rod Laver |
| 66 |  Björn Borg |
| 64 |  Ilie Năstase |
| Pete Sampras |
H2H against Nadal: 30- 28 Djokovic.
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Reasons Djokovic TODAY - given current landscape - drilled his first nail into the undisputed GOAT pedestal.
Nadal now cannot pass him for the most Masters titles 'title'.
There's a VERY realistic possibility that Djokovic will now win 2022 Roland Garros title and with it No. 22 tying Nadal on the Slam pole but MORE importantly will clinch THIRD Career Slam. For rock people, Federer has one and Nadal has two.
Nadal is NOT winning another Slam AND there's a fairly realistic possibility that Djokovic will win AT LEAST two more Slam thereby passing Nadal on the Slam pole.
In short, after everything settles - per current landscape - following is BOUND to happen:
Djokovic will have the MOST:
Slams.
Masters 1000 titles.
Most weeks @ No. 1.
Most WTF titles??? He is trailing Federer by one right now.
Most year end No. 1 rank.
Winning H2H against both Federer and Nadal.
| # | Titles |
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| 21 | Rafael Nadal |
| 20 | Roger Federer |
| Novak Djokovic |
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| 14 | Pete Sampras |
| 11 | Björn Borg |
| 8 | Jimmy Connors |
| Ivan Lendl |
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| Andre Agassi |
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| 7 | John McEnroe |
| Mats Wilander |
YEAR END TITLE:
| # | Titles |
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| 6 | Roger Federer |
| 5 | Ivan Lendl |
| Pete Sampras |
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| Novak Djokovic |
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| 4 | Ilie Năstase |
| # | No. 1 |
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| 370 | Novak Djokovic▲ |
| 310 | Roger Federer |
| 286 | Pete Sampras |
| 270 | Ivan Lendl |
| 268 | Jimmy Connors |
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Djokovic Defeats Tsitsipas For Record-Extending 38th Masters 1000 Title. Serbian did not drop a set en route to the trophy.
Novak Djokovic capped a historic week on Sunday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, where he overcame Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-0, 7-6(5) 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 after one hour and 37 minutes.
In front of a packed crowd on centre court, Djokovic outmanoeuvred the Greek in the first set, before he showcased his winning mentality in the second set, rallying from 2-5 to become the oldest Rome champion at 34 years, 11 months and 23 days.
“I surprised myself I can say. I had a clear game plan and I knew what to expect, so I knew what I had to do, but I did play a perfect first set," Djokovic said in his on-court interview. "After that it was a little tighter. At this level, one or two points can turn a match and he was then back in the game at 4-1 up.
“The match could easily have gone to a third set but I managed to find the right shots at the right time to come back into the match. The tie-break I was maybe an inch better, but it was a tight, tight tie-break for both of us."
Djokovic was appearing in his fourth straight final at the clay-court event and has now lifted the trophy in the Italian capital six times, with his first triumph coming in 2008.
“Two days ago I played great,” Djokovic said. “I have been building my form for the past couple of weeks and I knew that my best shape on clay usually comes around Rome time, so it could not be better going into Roland Garros with a title.”
The top seed, who will spend a record-extending 370th week at No. 1 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings from Monday, has defeated Tsitsipas in consecutive years in Rome, having overcome the fourth seed in the quarter-finals in 2021. Djokovic now leads the Greek 7-2 in their ATP Head2Head series and holds a 5-0 record against the 23-year-old on clay.
Djokovic reached the semi-finals in Madrid last week and has built further momentum in Rome. He did not drop a set en route to the final, earning wins over Aslan Karatsev, Stan Wawrinka, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Casper Ruud.
With his win, the Serbian has improved his record against Top 10 opponents to 232-106. No player has more Top 10 victories than Djokovic since the start of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings in 1973.
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In a dominant first set, Djokovic flew out of the blocks, quickly finding his range off the ground to break Tsitsipas immediately. The Serbian was strong on serve, winning 92 per cent (12/13) of points behind his first delivery and he targeted the Greek’s backhand effectively to ruthlessly move ahead.
However, Tsitsipas quickly recomposed himself at the start of the second set, striking the ball with greater depth and power to lead 4-1. From 5-2 up, it seemed that the Greek had the set in the bag, but Djokovic hung in points, showcased great agility and clawed his way back to 5-5, letting out a roar in the process.
The World No. 1 was then more consistent in the tie-break to triumph for his 87th tour-level title.
Tsitsipas is one of the most aggressive players on Tour. But according to Tennis Data Innovation's Insights, Djokovic won the Balance of Power 22 per cent to 19 per cent, playing on offence more often than the Greek. The Serbian also was more efficient on both offence and defence, earning higher conversion (78%-69%) and steal (31%-22%) rates.
Match Insights
Tsitsipas was aiming to win his third Masters 1000 title and second of the season after triumphing in Monte Carlo in April. The Greek, who will rise to No. 4 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings on Monday, saved two match points in his opening round against Grigor Dimitrov and has earned a Tour-leading 31 wins in 2022.
https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djokovic-tsitsipas-rome-2022-sunday
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05/14/2022
Djokovic's legacy.
Some observers, tennis players and coaches describe Djokovic as the greatest of all time, primarily because he won tournaments by beating the top players in the world and his biggest rivals in one of the strongest eras of tennis.
Although Nadal has won 21 Grand Slams to Djokovic's 20, Djokovic has beaten more higher-ranked players on the way to his Grand Slam trophies than Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
Pat Cash emphasized that Djokovic is one of two players who beat Rafael Nadal at the French Open, which he considers to be "the biggest challenge in tennis".
Richard Krajicek and The Roar, sports opinion website, said that Djokovic should be considered for the greatest player of all time because he is the only one among his greatest rivals who has won four Grand Slams in a row.
Patrick Mouratoglou stated, "Novak is the most complete player of all times. That enables him to find the solution to most of the problems on court and this, on every surface. It explains why he is now in the best position to become the GOAT".
Djokovic is widely considered to be one of the greatest returners in the history of the sport, an accolade given to him even by Andre Agassi, who was considered to be the best returner ever.
Though staying clear of best ever conversations, tennis coach Nick Bollettieri has continually been praising Djokovic as the "most complete player ever" and the "most perfect player of all time":
When you look at match players in the history of tennis, I don't believe that anybody can equal everything on the court that Djokovic does. I don't think you can find a weakness in his game. His movement, personality, his return of serve, his serve, excellent touch, not hesitant in coming to the net, great serve. Overall, almost every player has a downfall; to me, he doesn't have one. He's perhaps the best put-together player that I've seen over 60 years.
Tennis pundits have classified many of Djokovic's matches as some of the greatest contests ever, in particular the 2012 Australian Open final in which he beat Rafael Nadal.[358][359] Some analysts claim that the Djokovic–Nadal rivalry ranks as the best rivalry in tennis history because of the quality of matches they produce.
Several commentators feel there has been some damage to Djokovic's placement among the all-time great tennis players based on his stance against the Covid-19 vaccine, while others have applauded his view of having a choice.
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Djokovic's record @ Rome Masters. Five titles, $5,504,498 prize money.............
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Record against Nadal: 6-3 Nadal.
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Djokovic shows what’s been missing in Italian Open win.
ROME – It was just the type of scrambling, wear-down-the-opponent mentality and shot-making that took Novak Djokovic to within one match of a calendar-year Grand Slam in 2021.
A spectacle that was missing for so much of this year when Djokovic didn’t play because he wasn’t vaccinated against the coronavirus.
The top-ranked Djokovic brought the Foro Italico crowd to its feet with several memorable points in a 7-5, 7-6 (1) win over Felix Auger-Aliassime to reach the Italian Open semifinals on Friday.
To conclude a long rally, Djokovic produced a delicate backhand topspin lob winner over the leaping Auger-Aliassime to break serve and lead 4-2 in the second set.
Djokovic celebrated the lob winner by raising both of his arms above his head then urged the packed crowd on Campo Centrale to cheer louder by gesturing with his hands.
“It was high-level tennis,” Djokovic said. “He did ask me to raise the level and I had to play consistently well.”
While he is still seeking his first title of the year, Djokovic was ensured by the victory of holding on to the No. 1 ranking for another week and have the top seed at the French Open.
Second-ranked Daniil Medvedev can no longer pass Djokovic when the rankings are updated on Monday.
Roland Garros starts in nine days and Djokovic is gearing up for his first Grand Slam tournament of the year after he was deported from Australia before the Australian Open.
Playing the ninth-ranked Auger-Aliassime for the first time, Djokovic took some time before he started reading the Canadian’s big serve. Then he stepped up his game and hit an off-balance cross-court forehand winner to break and take the first set.
Auger-Aliassime showed some touch early on when he pulled off a backhand half-volley winner to conclude a long rally in the second game.
In the end, though, it was Djokovic – playing his 16th consecutive quarterfinal at the clay-court tournament – who won all the big points. Like when he ran down two smashes and responded with two defensive lobs before stepping in to whip a cross-court backhand winner during the tiebreaker.
Djokovic’s semifinal opponent will be Casper Ruud, who beat Denis Shapovalov 7-6 (7), 7-5.
Shapovalov eliminated 10-time Rome champion Rafael Nadal – who was dealing with a chronically injured left foot – on Thursday.
Also, fifth-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas served 10 aces to defeat Jannik Sinner 7-6 (5), 6-2 to reach his third consecutive Masters semifinal on clay.
Tsitsipas will face Alexander Zverev in their third semifinal over the last month after the 2017 champion beat Cristian Garin 7-5, 6-2.
In the women’s tournament, Iga Swiatek extended her winning streak to 26 matches by beating former U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu 7-6 (2), 6-0.
Swiatek struggled to handle being a top-five player last year. Now she’s learned how to use her recent success to intimidate.
“I needed time to learn how to do that properly, how to use the streak or ranking to put pressure on my opponents,” Swiatek said. “Last year when I had (a) better ranking (than opponents), it felt like it’s something that’s pressuring me down. This time it’s totally different.”
In all, Swiatek produced 27 winners to Andreescu’s 12 and converted all six of her break points.
“I feel like every match I’m playing better and better,” Swiatek said. “Even though the first set was pretty tight, I had some ups and downs, I feel like I could play well in important moments and break back anytime.
“I’m pretty happy that also the second set was more solid because it shows that I’m learning my lessons throughout the whole match.”
Swiatek is attempting to win her fifth straight tournament and defend her title in Rome.
The last player to win more consecutive matches was Serena Williams in 2014-15, when she had a streak of 27.
Swiatek’s semifinal opponent will be third-seeded Aryna Sabalenka, who rallied past Amanda Anisimova 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 for her first victory over the American in five tries.
Also advancing was recent Madrid Open champion Ons Jabeur, who rallied past Maria Sakkari, 1-6, 7-5, 6-1 for her 10th straight win. Jabeur will face Daria Kasatkina, who advanced when Jil Teichmann retired due to a left thigh injury with Kasatkina ahead 6-4, 3-2.
Tsitsipas kept his cool while nearly the entire crowd of 10,500 fans supported Sinner, the Italian who is ranked 13th and considered a future Grand Slam contender.
But the 20-year-old Sinner dropped to 0-12 in his career against opponents ranked in the top five.
Sinner was treated by a physical trainer after twisting his left hip during the final point of the first set.
His body is still developing physically.
“That’s where the gap is,” Sinner said. “In terms of tennis, I’m there. Physically, I need to improve.”
https://sports.yahoo.com/djokovic-shows-missing-italian-open-233243292.html
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Iga Swiatek equals Serena Williams with 27-match winning streak.
ROME — Not since Serena Williams seven years ago has another woman had such a hot streak.
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek routed Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 6-1 on Saturday to extend her winning streak to 27 matches and reach the Italian Open final.
Williams won the same number of consecutive matches over 2014 and 2015.
“I’m just constantly surprising myself that I can do better and better,” Swiatek said. “I feel like I actually can believe now that the sky’s the limit. That’s the fun part.”
Aiming to defend her Rome title and win her fifth straight tournament, Swiatek dominated the eighth-ranked Sabalenka with a mix of power, consistency and finesse.
While she struggled with her serve at times, Swiatek was able to consistently crush both forehand and backhand winners on the slow, red clay court at the Foro Italico. The 20-year-old Polish player also hit a delicate backhand half-volley winner in the final game of the first set.
Swiatek had the same number of winners and unforced errors, 15, while Sabalenka produced just eight winners and had a whopping 31 unforced errors.
“Today I felt like I really understood the clay,” Swiatek said.
The hard-hitting Sabalenka took a medical timeout late in the second set and had her back treated.
When it was over, Swiatek urged the crowd to cheer louder for her by waving her arms.
Swiatek, who was a surprise champion at the French Open in 2020 when she was ranked No. 54, will be the favorite to add a second title at Roland Garros when the year’s second Grand Slam starts next weekend.
First, though, Swiatek will face either Ons Jabeur – who is on a 10-match winning streak – or Daria Kasatkina of Russia in Sunday’s final.
The men’s semifinals later featured Novak Djokovic against Casper Ruud and Alexander Zverev against Stefanos Tsitsipas.
There’s more to Swiatek’s super season than her winning streak.
With more than half the season still to go, Swiatek has already won as many matches this year (36) as she did in all of 2021.
She also became the seventh player to reach two finals in Rome before turning 21 after Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Gabriela Sabatini, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis and Venus Williams.
https://sports.yahoo.com/iga-swiatek-equals-serena-williams-165924548.html
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Total weeks @ No. 1 chart. Djokovic will reach 370 on Monday. Needs what seven more months to reach 400 weeks?
| Rank | Player | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) |
369 |
| 2 | Roger Federer (SUI) |
310 |
| 3 | Pete Sampras (USA) |
286 |
| 4 | Ivan Lendl (TCH) |
270 |
| 5 | Jimmy Connors (USA) |
268 |
| 6 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) |
209 |
| 7 | John McEnroe (USA) |
170 |
| 8 | Björn Borg (SWE) |
109 |
| 9 | Andre Agassi (USA) |
101 |
| 10 | Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) |
80 |
| 11 | Stefan Edberg (SWE) |
72 |
| 12 | Jim Courier (USA) |
58 |
| 13 |  Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) |
43 |
| 14 |  Andy Murray (GBR) |
41 |
| 15 | Ilie Năstase (ROM) |
40 |
| 16 | Mats Wilander (SWE) |
20 |
| 17 | Andy Roddick (USA) |
13 |
| 18 |  Boris Becker (GER) |
12 |
| 19 |  Marat Safin (RUS) |
9 |
| 20 | John Newcombe (AUS) |
8 |
| Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) |
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| 22 |  Thomas Muster (AUT) |
6 |
 Marcelo Ríos (CHI) |
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| Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS) |
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| 25 | Daniil Medvedev (RUS) |
3 |
| 26 | Carlos Moyá (ESP) |
2 |
| 27 | Patrick Rafter (AUS) |
1 |
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