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Novak Djokovic #1 def. Lorenzo Sonego #33

6-3 6-7(5) 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 15, 2021*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-3 6-7(5) 6-2
Loser	Lorenzo Sonego
Duration	2h 44m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Lorenzo Sonego
Aces	5	3
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	69	71
First serve points won %	79	63
Second serve points won %	59	55
Break points saved %	86	67
Break points converted %	33	14
Service points won %	73	61
Return points won %	39	27
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Lorenzo Sonego
Country	SRB	ITA
Birth date	May 22, 1987	May 11, 1995
Age	33	26
Height	188	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	33
Ranking points (entering)	11,463	1,817
Elo (entering)	2,295	1,928
Career W-L	1,122–223	166–188
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$9,813,652

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 0 – 1 Lorenzo Sonego

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2021	QF	Stefanos Tsitsipas	4-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2021	R16	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2021	R32	Taylor Fritz	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2021	F	Rafael Nadal	5-7 6-1 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Lorenzo Sonego's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2021	QF	Andrey Rublev	3-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2021	R16	Dominic Thiem	6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2021	R32	Gianluca Mager	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2021	R64	Gael Monfils	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data