Athletistic/Tennis. Serbian Novak Djokovic won the ATP final. In the final, Djokovic will beat the Italian Jannik Sinner with a score of 6:3, 6:3.
The duration of the game was 1 hour 40 minutes. Djokovic had 13 aces, had no double faults and had three breaks with eight break points.
Sinner completed eight serves, committed a double fault and did not make a single break with two break points. The score of personal matches became 4-1 in favor of Djokovic.
It is worth noting that Djokovic took first place in the number of titles won in the ATP Finals tournament. Novak won the competition for the seventh time and surpassed the legendary Swiss Roger Federer (6) in this indicator.
Moreover, Djokovic surpassed Carlos Alcaraz in the number of titles in 2023. The ATP Finals tournament became the Serbian’s seventh trophy. The native of Belgrade was ahead of the Spaniard (6) in this indicator and became the sole leader.
24-time Grand Slam champion and world number one, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic received $4.4 million for his victory in Turin. Thus, he earned $16 million in 2023. His career earning total is $180.6 million. Djokovic is the record holder for this indicator.
“There is no doubt that this has been one of the best seasons of my life and it is great to end it with a victory against local hero Yannick, who has played some great tennis this week.
I’m very proud of my performance against Alcaraz and Sinner, who are arguably the two best players in the world right now. I had to improve, I had to win myself and not expect them to give me victory. And I did it. Great week,” Djokovic said after the match.
“Today he played very well, especially in the back of the court. But I think at certain moments my reaction let me down. I thought I had weakened a little physically. When you sag against the best player in the world, he’s taking full advantage of it. “I tried to stay in the game, to serve well. I made a few mistakes. And maybe I lost my concentration a little, because, for example, when the score was 40:40, 3:4, I made a mistake on a light forehand.
He served very well for a set and a half. It was difficult to play. But on the other hand, I enjoyed the match. Of course, it’s the final. It’s something different. He deserved today’s victory. I played better in the important moments, that’s all,” Sinner noted after the match.
“Novak showed in Turin that he is the best. Djokovic is the number one in tennis. Firstly, Novak always knows what he is doing on the court. Example: Rublev always presses and Novak has variations at different moments of the match . Secondly , it turned out once again that Novak approached the final freshly. And Sinner was already “fed up” with the final, Djokovic used his serve with a high bounce very competently, to a highlight, you have to approach the ball very competently. Djokovic used this, played in a varied way. Third, “the Turin tournament once again showed that Djokovic calculates the situation going forward. The other tennis players seemed more primitive in this regard. Novak’s accomplishments indicate that he is the greatest. I think he will always win at least two Grand Slam tournaments,” said Russian Tennis Federation President Shamil Tarpishchev.
It is worth noting that Djokovic will finish 2023 as world number one. The Spaniard Alcaraz takes 2nd place in the ranking.
Recall that Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev sheathed his racket during the 1/2 finals of the ATP final tournament. The Moscow native was defeated by Sinner. Another Russian, Andrei Rublev, failed to overcome the group stage in Turin.
Andrey Andreev, Sport.Ru
Source: Sport
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