Holder Novak Djokovic powered past Briton Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-4 in a tense match to reach the Italian Open quarter-finals on Tuesday and remain on track for a seventh title in Rome.
Djokovic made slow starts to his opening two matches but the fired-up world number one quickly opened up a 3-0 lead and let slip two opportunities to break Rio champion Norrie a second time before taking the first set on serve.
An error-prone Norrie surrendered his serve again and had treatment for a right leg issue, before top seed Djokovic came from 0-30 down in the final game of the contest to complete the victory over the world number 13 on his second match point."It was an early start today. Strange conditions. I actually finished my warm-up 10 minutes before I went on the court so I was rushing a bit with everything but we couldn't play earlier because of the rain.
Rune battled past Alexei Popyrin 6-4 5-7 6-4 to set up a rematch of last year's Paris Masters final, where the 20-year-old Dane beat Djokovic in three sets. Men's fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas downed Lorenzo Sonego 6-3 7-6 in a match postponed due to rain on Monday and plays another Italian in Lorenzo Musetti for a quarter-final spot.
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