The Serbian will be No. 1 in the world for the seventh time in his career, improving the record he shared with American Pete Sampras.
Novak Djokovic made sure this Saturday finish the season as No. 1 in the world for the seventh time in his carrer, improving the record he shared with Pete Sampras.
Serbian He qualified for the final of the Masters 1000 in Paris by defeating the Polish Hubert Hurkacz by 3-6, 6-0 and 7-6 (5), in 2 hours and 20 minutes.
With this last result, Djokovic makes history again since it is assured mathematically be number 1 at the end of the season.
The Serbian, who holds the record of 20 Grand Slam titles with Roger Federer and Rafa NadalOn Sunday, he will have the opportunity to hold the Masters 1000 trophy record alone if he beat, for a 37th title in that tournament category, Daniil Medvedev (2nd) or Alexander Zverev (4th).
What’s more, qualification for the final puts the Serbian in a new milestone since in case of obtaining the title, what it would be his fifth Parisian award, would conquer your thirty-seventh Masters 1000 and would overtake Spanish Rafael Nadal with whom he is tied at 36 wound.
Djokovic and Hurkacz had met twice before, both with victory for the Balkan, but he had not done so for two years, when they met at Wimbledon in 2019.
Hurkacz, who this Friday sealed his pass to the ATP finals in Turin with his victory in the quarterfinals, came out without pressure against Djokovic and snatched the first set 6-3 in 33 minutes.
This result woke up Djokovic, who reacted in the second set and won 6-0 in 29 minutes.
With the semifinal tied, the equality in the game of the third set, with the Pole losing his serve in the fourth game (3-1) and with Djokovic doing the same in the seventh (4-3). Number 1 had a match ball in the 10th game, but the Pole held out and tied at 5.
Already in the tie break Djokovic did not waste the second chance he had and won 7-6 (5), after 1 hour and 18 minutes of fighting. (D)
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