Taylor Fritz has one of the worst Head to Head records against Novak Djokovic and could've met him in the latter stages at the Rome Open with a 9-0 Head to Head deficit. But he won't which produced a priceless reaction.
Fritz will face Grigor Dimitrov in the Last 16 after a simply stunning win over Sebastian Korda 6-3, 6-4 which saw him take apart his compatriot and continue his wondrous clay court form. He reached the semi-finals last week in Madrid.
When told Djokovic had lost he produced a superb grin to the camera realising that he won't be facing him at all. The World No.1 had lost 6-2, 6-3 to Alejandro Tabilo in a loss which has been partly blamed potentially on his bottle incident suffered after defeating Corentin Moutet earlier this week. He still isn't sure of the prognosis so could've been dealing with a concussion, but he won't be moving any further on. Fritz will though.
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