The Serbian defeated American Taylor Fritz in two tiebreaks, while the Norwegian also defeated Russian Andrey Rublev and will play in the grand final of the Masters tournament.
Novak Djokovic and Casper Ruud they will play for him Masters title at the ATP Finals which is disputed in Turinwith the addition that If the Serbian wins, he will become the undefeated champion and win the most important prize in the history of tennis.
In the first round, the Serbian, who played only three hours and 11 minutes against Daniel Medvedev on the last day of the group stage, beat North American Taylor Fritz by doubles 7-6 and handed it to him eighth final at the Masters tournament where he will seek his sixth crown.
In the second semifinal, Casper Ruud easy to lose Andrei Rublev through 6-2 and 6-4 in just one hour and 10 minutes of play. The Norwegian just lost the last match of the round robin match Rafael Nadalbut he got first place in his group.
This is the fourth confrontation between the two and the previous three Djokovic has won and not lost a set: last year the Serb defeated him in the round robin of the ATP Finals and the other two victories were in the Masters 1000 in Rome 2020 and 2022.
If Ruud wins, he will finish the season as world number 2for his part, Djokovic will be 5 regardless of the resultbut the specificity for the former leader of the ATP ranking is that if he wins the trophy he will be undefeated and win the most important prize in the history of tennis: will pocket nearly five million dollars (4,740,000, to be exact).
Source: Tycsports
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