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The tournament, which was held for the 80th time this year on the clay courts at the Foro Italico Complex in the capital city of Rome, continued with the quarter-finals in the men's singles category.
In the first match of the day, the reigning champion of the Rome Open, the world number 1 Serbian Djokovic and the 7th seeded Danish Holger Rune shared their trump cards on the center court.
35-year-old Djokovic, who did not start well in the first set of the match, lost the first set 6-2 to his opponent. Djokovic, who recovered in the second set, took the set 6-4 and held on to the match.
Rune, 20, who did not slow down her pace, won the final set of the match 6-2.
Rune, who stopped twice due to a rain break and Djokovic's health break and dominated the Serbian racket 2-1 in the sets of the fight, which lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes in total, made his mark in the semi-finals. With this result, Rune will play the semi-finals of the Rome Open for the first time in her career.
Djokovic, who is the second most champion in Rome with 6 times after Spanish racket Rafael Nadal, played in the finals in 8 of the last 9 years in this tournament and became the champion last year.