In the early morning of May 11, the second round of the Rome Masters was played ATP1000. The tournament's top seed, Novak Djokovic, will face France's Moutai. In this game, Djokovic defeated his opponent in straight sets, rewriting the record of the two sides to 2-0 and successfully entering the top 32 of men's singles.
Djokovic was broken in the first set, but he quickly broke back, and in the third game, he lost his serve again, 1-2 down to Mutai. In the 6th and 8th games, Deyo broke the opponent's serve twice, and in the 9th game, he successfully held serve and won the first set 6-3.
In the second set, Deyo cashed in on a break point in the fourth game of his opponent's first service game, and in the second game he saved two consecutive break points to hold serve and take a 2-0 lead. In the fifth game, Deyo broke the opponent's serve again, and the lead was extended to 4-1. In the seventh game, Deyo broke serve in the first game that his opponent had to defend and won the second set 6-1.
In a match that lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes, Djokovic defeated world No. 83 Mutai 6-3, 6-1 to reach the third round of the men's singles. In the next match, Djokovic will face 29th seed Tabilo across the net for a place in the round of 16.