Tabilo ousts Djokovic in the third round
Tabilo took out the top seed Djokovic in straight sets.
Novak Djokovic was knocked out of the Italian Open in the third round on Sunday by Alejandro Tabilo in a stunning 6-2, 6-3 defeat for the 24-time Grand Slam champion.
Top seed Djokovic’s bid for a record-extending 41st Masters 1000 title was ended in just over an hour by Chilean Tabilo.
Alejandro Tabilo (Chi) bt Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-3; Grigor Dimitrov bt Terence Atmane 7-6(3), 6-3. Second round: Stefanos Tsitsipas bt Jan-Lennard Struffi 6-7(1), 6-4, 6-4; Andrey Rublev bt Marcos Giron 5-7, 6-4, 7-5; Holger Rune bt Luca Nardi 6-4, 6-4; Alex De Minaur bt Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3, 6-2; Daniil Medvedev bt Jack Draper 7-5, 6-4.
Women: Third round: Maria Sakkari bt Anhelina Kalinina 7-6(4), 6-0; Aryna Sabalenka bt Dayana Yastremska 6-4, 6-2; Coco Gauffi bt Jaqueline Cristian 6-1, 0-6, 6-3; Zheng Qinwen bt Linda Noskova 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.