After a first part of the season marked by a performance decidedly below expectations, Novak Djokovic arrives in Rome as first seed and as world number 1 determined to make a change in this year.
Even more so as we get to the heart of it Rome, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and Paris Olympic tournament back on the courts of Roland Garros. There is a lot of curiosity to see the world number 1 who missed the recent season at work again Madrid Masters 1000.
Here’s how the draw went for the Serbian tennis player. After a bye in the first round as for all 32 seeded teams, Djokovic wait for the winner of the match between a qualifier and the Russian player in the second round in Rome Roman Safiullin.
In the third round, the highest seed in his segment of the draw is the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, number 29 in seeding. A player who can already represent an important first test to evaluate Djokovic’s form on clay.
Although it should be noted that there is also the Czech in the area Jakub Mensik who challenges Yannick Hanfmann in the first round.
On Novak Djokovic’s path are Karen Khachanov and Casper Ruud
In the round of 16 the two highest seeds present in Novak Djokovic’s draw zone are the Argentine Francisco Cerundoloseeded number 20 and the Russian Karen Khachanovseeded number 16 in the tournament.
The Serbian’s possible quarter-final opponent could then be Casper Ruud, number 5 on the scoreboard which was drawn in the first quarter. The other seeded players in this area of the draw who could make it to the appointment with Djokovic are Ben Shelton, Adrian Mannarino and Jordan Thompson.
In the event of a semi-final, the Serbian player will be in the half of the draw Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz and Grigor Dimitrov. Only in the final could Djokovic face one of them Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev, Hubert Hurcacz, Rafael Nadal (inserted on the scoreboard in the Polish player’s area) e Daniil Medvedev which are all at the bottom of the board.
