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Novak Djokovic ends a year as number one in the world rankings for the eighth time – a record. This marks his 400th week as number one as of November 20. The 36-year-old Serbian takes the missing victory in his first match at the ATP Finals in Turin.
However, he has to fight for more than three hours against the 20-year-old Dane Holger Rune (ATP 10) before the 7:6 (7:4), 6:7 (1:7), 6:3 victory is certain. “That means a lot to me,” Djokovic said after extending his record. “I really wanted this win today to take the monkey off my back, so to speak. Everything that comes now is a bonus.”
Criminals have to believe in it
You can tell he really wanted to win. When he had to give up his serve for the third time in the match after the 2-0 win in the third set, he kicked two of his rackets so hard that they broke. After his second break in this round to make the score 4:2, he didn’t let anything go wrong.
Djokovic and Rune, recently trained by Boris Becker, played each other for the fourth time in a game over two winning sets, and for the fourth time the decision was only made in the third round. The veteran now leads a head-to-head lead of 3:2. (SDA)
Source : Blick
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