Novak Djokovic entered the Champions Tournament victoriously
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The 34-year-old Djokovic, who is starting in the elite tournament for the fourteenth time, started the duel by losing the serve, but he managed to return to the match. Twelve years younger Ruud, who was the most successful player with five ATP titles this year with Djokovic and Alexander Zverev, lost a tied opening set in a 4: 7 tie-break. In the second set, the Serbian favorite dominated the court and for the thirteenth time managed to enter the Champions Tournament. He lost the opening match only in 2007 during his debut.
After the 39th victory in the final event, which caught the second Ivan Lendl in the historical table, Djokovic took over the record seventh trophy on the court for finishing the season in first place in the rankings. “I was four or five when I first saw Sampras play at Wimbledon. I begged for a racket and fell in love with tennis. The fact that I now hold this record after Pete is unbelievable,” he told the famous American, with whom he had so far he shared the primacy.
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Djokovic has been waiting for his sixth title at the Champions Tournament to match Roger Federer’s record since 2015. Last year, while saying goodbye to London, he was defeated by Dominic Thiem in the semifinals.
The second match of the Green Group will be provided by the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and the Russian Andrei Rublyov. They will play from 21:00.
| Turin Champions Tournament (hard surface, $ 7.25 million grant): |
| Singles: |
| Green group: |
| Djokovic (1-SRB) – Ruud (8-NOR) 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 2. |
| Doubles: |
| Red group: |
| Ram, Salisbury (2-USA/Brit.) – Soares, J. Murray (7-Braz./Brit.) 6:1, 7:6 (7:5). |
| Herbert, Mahut (3-Fr.)-Cabal, Farah (5-Col.) 7: 6 (7: 1), 6: 4. |
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