Tennis-Djokovic bags 1,000th career win to reach Italian Open final


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 15 May 2022

Tennis - ATP Masters 1000 - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 14, 2022 Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates winning his semi final match against Germany's Alexander Zverev REUTERS/Alberto Lingria

(Reuters) -World number one Novak Djokovic earned his 1,000th tour-level victory by beating Casper Ruud 6-4 6-3 on Saturday to reach the Italian Open final.

Djokovic will face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the title clash on Sunday, with the Serbian playing in the final in Rome for the fourth straight time and 12th overall.

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