Novak Djokovic Reaches Final On 1000th Tour Match Win

 

Novak Djokovic has finally achieved his dream of reaching 1000th wins of ATP tour-level matches which he did at the semi-finals of Italian Open after defeating Casper Ruud in straight sets 6-4 6-3. 

Making it to the milestone did not come easy for the 34-year-old as he had to battle through the quarter-finals against Canadian ace Felix Auger-Aliassime, who denied him a match point on his serve at 5-2 and rallied back to force a tiebreak. Djokovic won eventually in 7-5 7-6(1). 

"I was seeing Roger (Federer) and Rafael (Nadal) reached those milestone last couple of years and I was looking forward to getting to that milestone myself," said Djokovic. 

He continued: "I'm really really blessed and privileged to have that many victories on the tour." 

The 20-time Grand Slam winner is on the track to securing his sixth Italian Open title and will face Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final.

See below for players with most tour wins

Jimmy Conor 1,274

Roger Federer 1,251

Ivan Lendi 1,068

Rafael Nadal 1,051

Novak Djokovic 1,000