Stefanos Tsitsipas and Novak Djokovic are among the top favorites to win the ATP 1000 Masters in Rome in the following two weeks. Both players clashed in last year’s final, when Djokovic won 6-0, 7-6. The local fans in Rome were delighted to see Stefanos and Novak training side by side. Here is the video.
Stef and Novak!💪❤️🔥 pic.twitter.com/ICnoBrC9mk
— Tsitsidaily🇬🇷🇺🇦 (@tsitsidaily) May 10, 2023
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2023
Currently ranked no.5, the Greek played his last match on the 4th of May when he was defeated by world no.28 Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6(5) 5-7 6-3 in the quarter in Madrid (draw).
At present, during this year Stefanos has a 23-7 win-loss record. Stefanos Tsitsipas’s most significant result of this season was getting to the final at the Australian Open and Barcelona.
Novak Djokovic in 2023
LWWWWWWLWW Currently ranked no.1, Novak played his last match on the 21st of April when he lost to world no.46 Dusan Lajovic 6-4 7-6(6) in the quarter in Banja Luka (draw).
Currently, during this season Djokovic has achieved a 17-3 record. Novak clinched 2 titles in 2023 in Adelaide and Australian Open.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Novak Djokovic faced off 13 times. Their head to head is 11-2 for Djokovic. Previously, the last time they played, Novak Djokovic won 6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(5) in the final in Melbourne (Australian Open) on the 29th of January 2023.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
