Djokovic put in another brace to stamp his ticket to the quarterfinals in Rome

Novak Djokovic continues his fight to revalidate his Masters 1000 title in Rome. The Serb defeated Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday in the match that opened the day round of 16

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After two careful matches against Tomás Martín Etcheverry and Grigor Dimitrov, still number 1 in the world took a step forward against a rival who this year managed to defeat Carlos Alcaraz in the final of the Rio de Janeiro tournament.

A break in the second game allowed Djokovic to take the lead as he effectively closed out the first set 6-3. against a Norrie who couldn’t find a way to counter his rival’s superiority from down the track.

The second seems to have followed the same paths. This time, Djokovic’s break came in the third game (2-1). However, Norrie didn’t have his last word and even got the point in the next game. with a break he proved with an involuntary ball that hit Djokovic’s leg.

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The tie held until 4-4moment in which the champion of 22 Grand Slam titles put in another gear to achieve another break that would be decisive.

After going up 0-30 and wasting two match points, the champion sealed his ticket to the quarterfinals, where he will face off this Wednesday against the winner of the match between Holger Rune and Alexei Popyrin.