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• Tsitsipas’ lone victory against Nadal came when the odds were stacked against him. Djokovic in straight sets to capture his maiden ATP Masters 1000 crown at the 2017 Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. Djokovic responded with back-to-back victories in 2018, but Zverev ended that season with the biggest win of his career.
• Just to put Djokovic’s numbers in context, Federer has made eight semi-final appearances at the Roland-Garros and Nadal has 6 and 7 last-four ties to his credit at Australian Open and Wimbledon respectively. However, Federer tops the men’s list for most semi-final appearances at 46, followed by Djokovic at 39 and Nadal.

By virtue of sealing a place in the Australian Open semi-finals battling serious physical odds and a strong opponent, top seed and World Number 1 Novak Djokovic crossed another major career milestone.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal produced a typically dominant clay-court performance to beat top-seed Novak Djokovic 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 to lift Italian Open crown. This is his record ninth triumph at Rome. This is also the fifth time that Nadal met Djokovic in the final of the Italian Open.

Djokovic has become the first player to reach 9 Australian Open semi-finals

The Serb became only the first player in the history of the sport to reach at least 9 semi-finals in each of the four Grand Slam tournaments.

Djokovic Vs Nadal Record

In reaching this phenomenal career landmark, the 17-time Grand Slam champion left ‘Big Three’ rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal trailing in his wake.

Carrying an injury from his bruising five-set win over American Taylor Fritz in the third round, the Serb had battled past Canadian Milos Raonic to seal his passage to the quarters.

Bringing more of that indomitable will to the fore at the Melbourne Park on Tuesday, Djokovic got the measure of German Alexander Zverev in four sets to ensure an unprecedented ninth semi-final appearance at the Australian Open.

Novak Djokovic has now reached 39 last-fours in Grand Slams, behind Federer’s 46

The Serb will be playing the 39th Grand Slam semi-final of his career as he takes on high-flying Russian Aslan Karatsev on Thursday.

Along with nine last-four appearances at Melbourne Park, Djokovic has played 10, 9 and 11 semi-finals at the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open respectively, in a glittering career profile.

These are mind-boggling stats as they are but compare them with the career milestones of his Big Three rivals in Majors, the numbers would appear even more amazing.

Just to put Djokovic’s numbers in context, Federer has made eight semi-final appearances at the Roland-Garros and Nadal has 6 and 7 last-four ties to his credit at Australian Open and Wimbledon respectively.

However, Federer tops the men’s list for most semi-final appearances at 46, followed by Djokovic at 39 and Nadal at 34.

Djokovic Rome 2020

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Nadal Djokovic Rome Odds For Today

The Serb is in sight of another huge landmark as a ninth Australian Open title this year will put him alongside the legendary Martina Navratilova as the joint holder of most Grand Slam trophies at a single event.

Nadal Vs Djokovic

Navratilova won 9 of her 18 career Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon.