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Novak Djokovic has curt exchange with umpire in tennis return at Italian Open – Wide World of Sports
While Nadal stuns in first match for seven months
Novak Djokovic behaved better in his first match since being defaulted from the US Open – though still had a curious exchange with the umpire about noise in a virtually empty stadium.
The top-ranked Serb was mostly courteous with the chair umpire and had no interaction with the line judges during a 6-3 6-2 win over local wildcard entry Salvatore Caruso in his opening match at the Italian Open.
Also Wednesday, nine-time Rome champion Rafael Nadal made a solid return to competition after a seven…
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