The 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic will enter the ATP Final 2023 occasion in Turin with an eye fixed on breaking one other document. This season, the Serbian equalled Rafael Nadal’s all-time document of twenty-two males’s main singles titles on the Australian Open earlier than blowing previous it with victories at Roland Garros and the US Open. He additionally set a brand new ATP Masters 1000 document by profitable his thirty ninth and fortieth championships in Cincinnati and Paris.
If he wins once more in Turin this 12 months too Djokovic will win his eighth ATP Finals title, breaking a tie with Roger Federer for essentially the most wins on the famend year-end occasion. The 24-time main champion is properly conscious of the information he’s trying to shatter. While honouring the previous, he stays targeted on the current.
“I try to be a good student of the game and keep track with the numbers, but at the same time, I also want to be able to just direct my attention to the next challenge. As long as I’m an active player, I guess that’s going to be the mentality I will nurture,” Djokovic was quoted as saying by ATP.
The subsequent problem will demand each ounce of focus from the Serbian as he battles with the best champions of the 2023 ATP Tour season. After struggling a abdomen virus throughout his Paris title run, Djokovic stated he felt higher after the ultimate and was excited to maneuver on to Turin.
“Every match is going to be like finals of a big tournament because you play a top-eight player. Every match carries a lot of (Pepperstone ATP Rankings) points, carries a lot of importance,” he stated of the ATP Finals.
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“It’s a group-stage format, which we don’t get to experience in any other tournament, so even if you lose a match or even two, in a round-robin system you can still go through semis. I had the perfect score in Torino last year, five [wins] out of five matches. I like playing there. I think I connect well with the Italian crowd. I’m going there with good feelings, with a lot of confidence. I haven’t lost a match since the Wimbledon final, so I’m really excited to hopefully finish off the season on a high,” he added.
He enters Turin with a hard-court document of 33-1 on the season, along with his lone setback coming within the Dubai semis in opposition to Daniil Medvedev. Djokovic leads the ATP Tour with a 91% victory price this season, going 51-5. He now units his consideration to profitable 5 extra races in Turin, capping off a stellar season.
“My goal is to end up the season on a high note. On the highest note possible,” he stated.
