Lorenzo Sonego News
Lorenzo Sonego was left with egg on his face, and a public reprimand, after being on the receiving end of a 6-1 6-2 6-4 hammering that mercifully lasted only two hours.
Novak Djokovic loses to Lorenzo Sonego 6-2 6-1 in Vienna.
Sonego will play Grigor Dimitrov or Daniel Evans for a place in Sunday's final.
Djokovic will retain the World No. 1 ranking, despite his loss today.
The third-seeded Swiss, who won his only title at Roland Garros 10 years ago, treated the crowd at the renovated court Philippe Chatrier to some exquisite shot-making, thwarting his opponent`s attempted comeback in the second set.
The former world number one won his only Roland Garros title back in 2009, and he wanted to give it another go after skipping the last three editions of the claycourt major.
Bernard Tomic's slide down the ATP rankings is set to continue after he fell 6-1 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 to Italy's Lorenzo Sonego in the final round of Australian Open qualifying on Sunday.
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