Denmark’s Holger Rune shakes hands with Novak Djokovic after toppling the Serbian star in the quarter-finals of the Italian Open
ROME – Seventh-ranked Holger Rune beat a frustrated Novak Djokovic 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in a rain-interrupted quarter-final at the Italian Open, where women’s top seed Iga Swiatek retired injured on Wednesday.
Serbian star Djokovic, who will drop to second in the world on Monday behind Carlos Alcaraz, admitted that he was outplayed in heavy, wet conditions after a week of rain in normally sunny Rome.
“This is probably the coldest, wettest tournament I’ve ever played here in Rome,” the 22-time Grand Slam winner said.
“I don’t recall so many days in a row (of) raining. In these conditions, it’s very difficult to…
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