Novak Djokovic had an awkward moment during his Internazionali d'Italia semi-final win when his stray shot struck a ball boy.
Djokovic was pressing home his advantage after breaking serve against Diego Schwartzman in the final set of a tightly contested encounter in Rome when he mistimed an attempted return.
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Unluckily enough, a ball boy to Djokovic's right could not get out of the way, and took the full brunt of a shot that, fortunately, was not one of the Serbian's most powerful.
No harm was done and the world number one quickly hurried over to offer his apologies.
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It did not put him off, either, as he swiftly made Schwartzman pay for some sloppy errors to win 6-3 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 and set up a final against world number two Rafael Nadal.
