World favourite Novak Djokovic beat Argentine Diego Schwartzman to win his fifth Italian Open title and re-assert his dominance before the French Open starts in six days. Earlier this month, Djokovic came certain criticism at Flushing Meadows and therefore the Serb said he spent several days processing what had happened. "I did experience mentally some ups and downs within the first four-five days then happened," Djokovic told reporters. Further he added "Obviously I used to be in shock... but I moved on, I've never had a problem in my life to maneuver on no matter how difficult it's .

An on-and-off drizzle at Foro Italico, including a smattering of fans, added to Djokovic`s frustration but he still found how past Schwartzman`s serve to draw level at 3-3. Djokovic`s relentless baseline hitting came to the fore when he broke Schwartzman within the 12th game to require the opening set, despite committing 18 unforced errors. thanks to the pandemic, a crowd of just 1000 fans was allowed inside the 10500-seat Campo Centrale stadium.

 Djokovic`s win moves him clear on the list of Masters 1000 titles, one before rival Nadal, and sets him up perfectly for an assault on next week`s rescheduled French Open.