Atp Finals, Novak Djokovic wins and thanks Turin crowd

6-4 7-6 the score in favor of the Belgrade champion

Reduced by the unexpected defeat in the Paris-Bercy final against Holger Rune, Novak Djokovic was called for a quick redemption in his debut match at the Nitto Atp Finals in Turin. The day’s opponent, Stefanos Tsitsipas, played a good match, but nothing could against the class of the Serb, who displayed the tennis of the best of times. Immediately after the end of the match, the former number one made some warm statements to the microphones of Diego Nargiso.

“Thank you all for your support, as on all occasions, even in Rome, I always feel good here with you. I have always had Italy in my heart, it is always a pleasure to come back here. Today was a special fight, all the last matches we played with Stefanos were hard fought. The serve was important, he serves very well but I have a very good response,” began a Djokovic who appeared really happy.

“When you play against Stefanos, who has a very good serve, you know that at the beginning you have more opportunities to make the break,. That’s exactly why I entered the court well right away, with a great mentality, because a break right away makes the difference. I’m satisfied with how I was mentally on the court,” Nole concluded.

Novak Djokovic, known to all as Nole is considered one of the best tennis players in history by virtue of the records and titles he has won. In 2021, he came close to accomplishing the feat of making the Grand Slam , succeeded only by Rod Laver in the Open Era in 1969 – but was defeated in three sets by Russian Daniil Medvedev in the final of the Us Open. The Serb is, moreover, the tennis player who has finished the season the most times (7) as No. 1 in the ATP ranking, as well as holding the all-time record of having spent a total of 373 weeks at the top of that ranking.