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Rune stuns Djokovic in Italian Open quarters

Updated on: 18 May,2023 08:42 AM IST  |  Rome
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Rune defeated the Serb to win the Masters 1000 at Paris Bercy last November. 

Rune stuns Djokovic in Italian Open quarters

Novak Djokovic during his quarter-finals in Rome yesterday. Pic/AFP

World No. 7 Holger Rune beat a frustrated Novak Djokovic 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 on Wednesday, sending the top seed spinning out in a dramatic rain-interrupted quarter-final at the Italian Open.


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Six-time champion Djokovic was carrying an unspecified injury into the match as he lost for a second time to the rising 20-year-old Dane. Rune defeated the Serb to win the Masters 1000 at Paris Bercy last November. 


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The latest contest between the pair was marred by spats with the chair umpire by both players—Djokovic on a time warning and Rune over a second-set line call. Play was halted for just over an hour by rain.

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