ROME — Having already displayed his prowess on hard courts this season, Novak Djokovic is showing he’s capable of dominating on clay, too.

Djokovic won the 10th title of his career Sunday, rallying to beat unseeded Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 at the Rome Masters.

“I was aiming for Rome and Roland Garros as my two priorities on clay courts this season,” Djokovic said. “Now I have more confidence approaching big events on clay, and other surfaces as well.”

This tournament was an important warmup for the French Open, which begins in two weeks.

The third-ranked Djokovic won the Australian Open in January for his first Grand Slam tournament title, then captured the Masters Series event in Indian Wells, Calif., in March.

Djokovic’s third victory of 2008 will move him within 310 points of second-ranked Rafael Nadal in the ATP rankings.

“This year has been like a dream for me, but I want to continue. I want to finish the year as No. 1 — in the race,” Djokovic said with a big grin, as if he were amused at his own precociousness.

Djokovic is already on top of the ATP Race rankings, which coincide with the actual rankings at the end of the year.

Also on Sunday:

Safina notches upset in Berlin

BERLIN — Dina Safina pulled off her third upset of a top-10 player in a week at the German Open, winning the title by defeating ninth-ranked Elena Dementieva 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. The 17th-ranked Safina also beat No. 1 Justine Henin and No. 8 Serena Williams at the clay-court event.

Ljubicic rallies at Hamburg

HAMBURG, Germany — Ivan Ljubicic was two points from losing the match when he rallied to beat Steve Darcis 6-7 (6), 7-5, 7-6 (4) in a rare Sunday start for the clay-court Hamburg Masters.

In other first-round matches, Ivo Karlovic edged Mischa Zverev 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) and Gilles Simon defeated Xavier Malisse 6-4, 7-5.

Two-time Grand Slam tournament winner Marat Safin qualified for the main draw when he beat Evgeny Korolev 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5).