The 36-year-old had gotten off to a winning start in the Italian capital, beating France's Corentin Moutet 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the third round.
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates after winning against France’s Corentin Moutet during the Men’s ATP Rome Open tennis tournament at Foro Italico in Rome on May 10, 2024. Novak Djokovic insisted on Saturday that he was “fine” and ready to play after being hit on the head by a water bottle as he signed autographs following his second-round win at the Rome Open.
The 36-year-old had gotten off to a winning start in the Italian capital, beating France’s Corentin Moutet 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the third round.He will face Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo next as the Serb warms up for the French Open Grand Slam with a great chance to add to his six titles in Rome, where only Rafael Nadal has won more with 10.
However tournament organisers later released a short statement saying Djokovic’s “condition is not a cause for concern”, and shared a video showing that the bottle had accidentally slipped from a spectator’s grasp. On Saturday Djokovic’s great clay-court rival Nadal continues his comeback in a second-round clash with seventh seed Hubert Hurkacz.
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