Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates with a trophy after successful ATP finals in opposition to Italy’s Jannik Sinner
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A ruthless Novak Djokovic destroyed residence favorite Jannik Sinner to win the ATP Finals title for a record seventh time on Sunday – including yet one more milestone to his unbelievable profession.
The 36-year-old Serb misplaced to residence favorite Sinner earlier within the week within the group stage, however exacted revenge with a elegant show to declare a 6-3 6-3 victory.
A sell-out crowd in Turin’s Pala Alpitour had hoped to cheer the 22-year-old Sinner to the most important title of his profession however Djokovic was merely in a unique league.
The world primary dropped solely two factors on serve within the opening set and as soon as he had damaged Sinner’s serve within the fourth sport it was largely one-way site visitors.
Italy’s Jannik Sinner poses with the runners up trophy after dropping the ultimate in opposition to Serbia’s Novak Djokovic
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At one level Djokovic received 14 factors in a row in opposition to a participant ranked fourth on the earth earlier than Sinner briefly slowed the march of the 24-time Grand Slam champion.
Sinner averted going a double break of serve down as Djokovic surprisingly failed to make a passing shot and Sinner then had factors to break again within the sixth sport however couldn’t convert both of them.
Djokovic additionally failed to convert break factors that may have given him a 5-2 lead as just a few errors crept into his sport.
The crowd tried their greatest to energise their man however Djokovic moved on in the direction of victory and a Sinner double fault ended the competition. Djokovic strikes previous Roger Federer to stand alone as probably the most profitable participant within the event’s historical past.
His win concludes a yr wherein he received three of the 4 Grand Slam titles and seized again the world primary spot from Carlos Alcaraz and worryingly for the chasing pack he’ll head into 2024 wanting as dominant as ever.
