On May 12, Beijing time, in the third round of the men's singles focus of the 2024 ATP1000 Rome Masters, the world's No. 1 and top seed Djokovic faced the No. 29 seed Chile's Tabilo. As the six-time champion of the tournament, Djokovic, after he was hit in the last round and injured his head, is now in poor form and lost two sets in a row, losing to Tabilo 0-2 on aggregate and missing the round of 16, and also missing the milestone of 1,100 wins in his career.
Djokovic swept away Mutai 2-0 on aggregate in the previous round, but was accidentally injured by a fan's water bottle after the game, but fortunately Djokovic was fine.
Now, in the third round of the men's singles, Djokovic faces Chile's Tabilo, who won the Provence 175 Challenger in France last week and the Auckland Tour at the beginning of the year.
In the first set of this match, Djokovic started slowly, he took the lead in losing four games in a row as soon as he came up, and was broken twice by Tabilo, digging a big hole of 0-4 early. Djokovic held serve with straight points in the fifth game, but Tabilo also held serve immediately, and both sides held serve in straight sets in the seventh and eighth games, and Djokovic dropped the first set 2-6.
Entering the second set, Djokovic was still in poor form, Tabilo broke and won two games in a row, and Djokovic fell behind 0-2 at the beginning to dig a hole again. In the next six games, both sides held serve and Djokovic fell behind 3-5 in the first eight games. Djokovic broke serve in the ninth game to drop another set at 3-6 and eventually lost 0-2 on aggregate to Tabilo.