World Tour Finals title with a
convincing win over world number
one Rafael Nadal, according to
BBC Sport. The Serb, who lost the top
ranking to Nadal last month, won
6-3 6-4 at the O2 Arena in London. Djokovic, 26, extended his
unbeaten run to 22 matches as he
claimed the season-ending title
for the third time. He will now
head to Belgrade, where Serbia
take on the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup final from Friday, Nov
15. Nadal might have earned the
year-end number one ranking
after his remarkable return
from injury in February, but
Djokovic denied him a first ATP
Finals title and laid down a marker for battles to come in
2014. "It's the highest quality of tennis
that you have next to Grand
Slams, because every match that
you play, you play against a top
10 player every second day," said
Djokovic. "Especially this year, with back to back Paris Bercy
tournament and London, wasn't
easy for sure. I am very proud of
the way that I managed to
recover and perform better and
better as the tournament went on. I had the tough three setters
against all of the opponents in my
group, and then I managed to
raise the level of tennis in the
semi-finals and finals when it
mattered the most." Nadal paid tribute to the crowd
for the vibrant atmosphere they
created. "This is probably one of the best
seasons of my career and playing
this match in this stadium is just
fantastic for me," said Nadal.
"Thanks to all the crowd for all
the support, not only today but around the week and all the
crowd that supported me. See you
next year."
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