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Patna : Top seed and World No 1 Novak Djokovic, 33, Serbia, beat 8th seed Diego Schwartzman, 28, Argentina, in straight sets 7-5, 6-3 in the final at Foro Italico, Rome, Ktaly, to win his 5th Italian Open men’s singles title. It was Djokovic’s record 36th ATP Masters 1,000 title.
Djokovic, the winner of 17 Grand Slam singles titles, won 5 break points in the match to 3 by the Argentine, who had stunned 2nd seed and nine time champion Rafael Nadal, 34, Spain, in QFs. The Serbian won 75 points to 61 by Schwartzman in the match. Djokovic won 4 games in a row to 3 by the Argentine. The Serbian served 3 Aces in the match to 1 by Schwartzman, who committed 3 double faults to 1 by the former.