In the Italian Open tennis men's singles final, World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will face World No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas for the title at Rome today. Djokovic reached a milestone to register his 1000th match victories after beating Casper Ruud in the semi-final yesterday.

The world No 1 won through 6-4 6-3 in an hour and 42 minutes. The Serbian becomes the fifth man in the Open Era to reach the 1,000-wins milestone, joining Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer, Ivan Lendl and Rafael Nadal.

Earlier yesterday, Greek tennis star Tsitsipas stormed into the Italian Open final, for the first time after beating Germany's Alexander Zverev 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

The women's singles final will be played between World No. 1 Iga Swiatek and ninth seed Ons Jabeur today.

20-year-old Polish Swiatek brushed aside World No. 8 Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 6-1 in her semi-final. Swiatek extended her winning run to 27 matches and moved within one victory of a fifth consecutive title by reaching the final.

Tunisia's Jabeur beat Daria Kasatkina 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 yesterday and is going for her second title in a row. Last week, Jabeur became the first Arab or African player to win a WTA 1000 title by winning in Madrid.