An unappealable Novak Djokovic showed no mercy against Jannik Sinner and beat the Italian in straight sets to be crowned champion of the ATP Finals 2023 in Turin, Italy.
Seamless, forceful and very precise, the Serbian number 1 in the world took revenge after last Tuesday’s defeat in the first match of the group stage of this competition and beat the Italian by a resounding double 6-3, in 1 hour and 44 minutes of play.
Thus, not only did he celebrate for the second consecutive year in the masters tournament, but now he also left Roger Federer behind to become the top winner of this competition, with 7 consecrations.
“Nole” took the initiative from the beginning and played determined not to give his rival a chance to react, after achieving a quick break in the fourth game of the first set.
With authority and an extraordinary level, he overwhelmed the number 4 in the ranking, who reached this definition undefeated. Just look at the Serbian’s numbers to see it: he only gave up two points on his serve in the first set (20/22) and had just two unforced errors.
With the same intensity, and at zero, Djokovic held Sinner’s serve at the beginning of the second set. And it was that early break that made the local team react, and little by little they began to loosen up, take more risks and grow on the field.
On the other hand, “Nole” began to show inaccuracies that it had not had until now, also allowing this resurgence of the Italian. Sinner even had two break chances in the sixth game. But, even without the precision of the first set, Djokovic overcame the obstacle, in the next game he had two break chances that he could not take advantage of, but then he got the final break to close the set and match with another 6-3.
perfect year
In this way, Djokovic crowned an almost perfect year, where he only missed Wimbledon to achieve a historic Grand Slam. Because in addition to the title in the 2023 Masters, he established himself in the Australia Open, Roland Garros and the US Open. And to complete this year’s showcase, he also won the Cincinnati Masters 1000, the Paris Masters and the ATP 250 in Adelaide.
Meanwhile, Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos and Spain’s Marcel Granollers lost to American Rajeev Ram and Britain’s Joe Salisbury 6-3, 6-4 in the doubles final.
The Spanish-Argentine duo could only offer resistance for one hour and eight minutes of play at the Pala Alpitour stadium, where the winning duo retained the crown they achieved last year.
Ram-Salisbury left no doubt with a flawless performance in the decisive game, in which they won 89% of the points on their first serve, took two break chances and held serve throughout the afternoon.
The champions finished their Masters campaign undefeated with five victories and finished the season with four titles as they had also celebrated in Vienna, Lyon and the US Open.
Zeballos-Granollers, the fifth seeded couple, also reached the final without defeats but ended up frustrated by the superiority of the American and the British.
With four years of experience on the circuit, the Argentine and the Spaniard closed their best performance in the ATP Finals after reaching the semifinals in 2020 and 2021 and being eliminated in the first round last year. Zeballos, a 38-year-old from Mar del Plata, was looking for the 21st doubles title in his professional career.
Source: Ambito
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