Rome was serving up plenty of bagels on Thursday. (AP Photo)
All this time everyone thought Italy was best known for pizza and pasta. But don't forget about its bagels. On Thursday at the Rome Masters, Novak Djokovic lost a 6-0 set to Thomaz Bellucci before recovering to win the next two sets, while David Goffin thrashed No. 8 seed Tomas Berdych, 6-0, 6-0, in just 50 minutes.
Yes, that's right, a Top 10 player was double-bageled in a Masters 1000 tournament. The last time a Top 10 player was double-bageled was when Roger Federer beat Gaston Gaudio in 2005 at the ATP World Tour Finals. Berdych has never lost a match this way during his lengthy 14-year career, and he had beaten the Belgian in their only two previous meetings.
The 6'5", big-serving Czech approached this ignominious feat in 2014, when he trailed Djokovic 6-0, 5-0 in Beijing, but he saved face by winning two games. Another recent close call was at the 2014 ATP World Tour Finals, when Roger Federer annihilated Andy Murray, 6-0, 6-1.
Naturally, after No. 13-ranked Goffin completed his slaughter in Rome, Twitter went mad for bagels: