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Chile tennis star Alejandro Tabilo has caused a sensation by trouncing world No.1 Novak Djokovic in the third round of the Italian Open in just 67 minutes — just two days after the Serbian was accidentally hit on the head by a fan’s water bottle. Djokovic looked far from his best in the “concerning” defeat on Sunday and blamed Friday’s incident for his 6-2 6-3 loss. Watch in the video above: Footage shows Novak Djokovic accidentally hit by water bottle. “That has really impacted me a lot.
Djokovic has won the tournament six times, with his last title coming in 2022, but he was clearly far from his normal self as Tabilo broke the top seed four times on Centre Court while not conceding a single break point. The victory made the 26-year-old Tabilo, who won a Challenger Tour tournament two weeks ago, the first Chilean in 17 years to beat a world No.1 since Fernando Gonzalez beat Roger Federer at the ATP Finals in 2007. “It’s incredible.
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