Novak Djokovic overcame having to play twice in a day and romped into the Rome Masters final with a 6-1 6-0 drubbing of Dominic Thiem. Zverev earlier won a battle of the giants to down unseeded American John Isner 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 to reach his debut Masters final. The 20-year-old German’s victory made him the youngest ATP Masters 1000 finalist since a 19-year-old Djokovic in Miami in 2007. Isner, the first American to reach the semi-finals in Rome since Andy Roddick in 2008, had a chance to break with Zverev leading 3-1 in the final set but the German snuffed out the challenge. Halep had earlier made light of heavy conditions to secure a 7-5 6-1 victory over Dutch 15th seed Kiki Bertens.

Source: Daily News Egypt May 21, 2017 11:03 UTC