Alexander Zverev produced a dominant serving show to clinch a straight units victory over Nicolas Jarry and declare his second Italian Open title.
The German third seed dropped simply 5 factors on serve in a 6-4 7-5 win to seal a sixth Masters 1000 crown.
Zverev will now transfer up a spot to fourth on the earth rankings and served a warning to his rivals forward of the French Open, which begins on 26 Might.
However he stated: “The main target is on Paris for certain, however let me take pleasure in this one for a number of days first.
“Rome is a really particular place for me. Clearly it is a very, very particular week.”
Chilean Jarry was competing in his first closing at this stage.
The world quantity 24 had knocked out sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas within the quarter-finals, however whereas he battled laborious to remain within the match he had no reply to his opponent’s arrow-like serve, as Zverev landed 80% of his first serves in.
“He is enjoying big,” stated Zverev of his opponent, who additionally beat America’s Tommy Paul en path to the ultimate.
“I can see by the opponents he has overwhelmed this week, that he’s enjoying unbelievable tennis.
“I advised him that if he carries on enjoying like that then he’s going to have many extra titles at this stage.”