Novak Djokovic v Stefanos Tsitsipas - Italian Open final LIVE

Djokovic *2-0 Tsitsipas Djokovic has come to play. The Serb rattles off eight of the first nine points of the match to take full control in these opening stages. Ad/> Djokovic 1-0* Tsitsipas ATP RomeDjokovic records 1000th career win against Ruud to set up Tsitsipas final in Rome18 HOURS AGO Djokovic already goes a break up! The Serb's service return are too much for Tsitsipas and he reels off four points in a row, the fourth being a giveaway as the Greek volleys into the net, to move into an early lead! 15:10 — The players are on court! It's another packed out crowd in Rome for what should be an epic.

Djokovic leads 6-2 against Tsitsipas in the head-to-head and is 4-0 on clay. 15:00 — The road to the final /> 14:50 — Here we go! Novak Djokovic may have made it 1000 wins on Saturday, but he faces a stern test in the Rome Masters final against Stefanos Tsitsipas if he wishes to make it 1001 this afternoon. Djokovic is bidding to win his 38th Masters title.

For Tsitsipas, he is playing in his first Rome final. The men's final is set to get underway at 3pm UK time. Stick with us here for live game-by-game updates! Djokovic records 1000th career win against Ruud to set up Tsitsipas final Novak Djokovic recorded his 1000th career win with a convincing 6-4 6-3 victory over Casper Ruud to reach the Italian Open final.

Djokovic dominated from the baseline against the Norwegian fifth seed in their fourth meeting on the ATP Tour and wrapped up the milestone win in one hour and 41 minutes. The world No. 1, who becomes the fifth man in the Open era to earn 1000 wins, will play Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday's final after the Greek beat world No.3 Alexander Zverev in three sets earlier on Saturday.