World No. 7 Holger Rune beat a frustrated <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/djoko-sends-norrie-packing-to-reach-quarters-23286988" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Novak Djokovic</a> 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 on Wednesday, sending the top seed spinning out in a dramatic rain-interrupted quarter-final at the Italian Open.
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Six-time champion Djokovic was carrying an unspecified injury into the match as he lost for a second time to the rising 20-year-old Dane. Rune defeated the Serb to win the Masters 1000 at Paris Bercy last November.&nbsp;
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The latest contest between the pair was marred by spats with the chair umpire by both players&mdash;Djokovic on a time warning and Rune over a second-set line call. Play was halted for just over an hour by rain.
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Rune defeated the Serb to win the Masters 1000 at Paris Bercy last November. 

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