Tennis: Djokovic Pulls Out of Italian Open

Rome: Serb great Novak Djokovic will not be at the upcoming Italian Tennis Open Masters 1000 in Rome, he told organisers after pulling out Tuesday. The record 24-time slam winner, who turns 38 on May 22, is to miss the 6-18 May tournament, also called the Internazionali BNL d’Italia.

According to Ansa News Agency, the world number five has had some surprising losses recently, the latest to Italy’s world number 44 Matteo Arnaldi in Madrid.