Novak Djokovic, after beating Cameron Norrie in straight sets: "It was an early start today, strange conditions. I finished my warm-up 10 minutes before I went on court so I was rushing a bit with everything. I'm just glad to overcome today's challenge in straight sets and move on"

Novak Djokovic has knocked Great Britain's Cameron Norrie out of the Italian Open at the last-16 stage, winning in straight sets 6-3 6-4.

Djokovic will face the winner of Australia's Alexei Popyrin against Denmark's Holger Rune in the quarter-finals in Rome.The world No 1 was simply too solid for Norrie in a victory that maintains his record of never having lost before the quarter-finals in Rome.

The main talking point came in the fourth game of the second set as Norrie sought to retrieve an early break.

Djokovic turned his back on the play after presenting his opponent with an easy smash, only for Norrie, seemingly unintentionally, to drill the ball into the Serbian's legs.

Djokovic gave the British No 1 an extremely frosty stare and there was an edge to the contest thereafter, but Norrie never really threatened to land more than a glancing blow.
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