Tag: Novak Djokovic

There were no changes at No. 1 during the season for the first time since 2015, the only other time Djokovic held the top spot without any interruptions in the year.

It was the 14th time this season that Djokovic rallied to victory from a set down to capture his sixth Paris Masters title.

Djokovic, after winning the first three majors of the year, was trying to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win all four majors in one season and break a tie with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for the most major titles in history (20 each).

Novak Djokovic joined Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, the other two members of the Big Three, as the players with the most number of Grand Slam singles titles in the Open Era.

Abu Dhabi: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic defeated defending champion Kevin Anderson of South Africa 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 to win the Mubadala World Tennis Championship for the fourth time. It took World No.1 Djokovic two hours and 14 minutes to prevail over sixth-ranked Anderson in the exhibition tourney here on Saturday, where the Serbian strung together three […]

London: Alexander Zverev defeated World No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3 here to win the ATP Finals championship and claim the most important title of his budding career. The 21-year-old German is the youngest player in nine years to reach the final of tennis elite season-ending event, reports Efe news. With the Sunday victory over […]

Madrid: Spain’s Rafael Nadal remained in the number one spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings released on Monday with 8,760 points. Switzerland’s Roger Federer came in second in this week’s top 10, ahead of Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, reports Efe. Further down the rankings, Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan rocketed 76 spots […]

Melbourne: After sitting out most of 2017 tennis season with a career threatening injury, former World No.1 Novak Djokovic has spent the last six months reassessing his serving technique. “It was an obviously part of my game that I had to address because of my elbow issues,” the Serbian said on Saturday, reports Xinhua news agency. […]

Doha: Novak Djokovic, 12-time Grand Slam champion, on Saturday withdrew from next week’s Qatar Open due to a niggling elbow injury. The former world No.1 and the top seed in Doha, said in a statement that he would not be able to defend the title, reports Xinhua news agency. “Unfortunately, the situation with the elbow […]

Madrid: Spain’s Rafael Nadal continues to lead the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings released on Monday, while Britain’s Andy Murray and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic dropped out of the top 10. Nadal, a 16-time Grand Slam champion, was followed by Switzerland’s Roger Federer with 9.005 points, reports Efe. The 12th placed Djokovic and […]

Madrid: Number one seed Andy Murray came under shock as he was knocked out of the last 16 of the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday even as Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal progressed to the next round. The Scot was defeated in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 by unseeded 20-year-old Croatian Borna Coric in what is […]

World No.9 Stanislas Wawrinka claimed his second Grand Slam title beating World No.1 Novak Djokovic in the Men's singles final of the French Open here today

World No.1 Novak Djokovic on Sunday made an astonishing comeback from being two sets down to beat fifth seed Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in four hours and 11 minutes and win the French Open title.

Novak Djokovic dashed Rafael Nadal's hopes of winning a record 21st Grand Slam title and his 14th French Open after the world No. 1 overcame the Spaniard 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-2 in a four-hour-22-minute semi-final that was replete with moments of brilliance as well as errors.

World No. 3 Spaniard Rafael Nadal on Sunday won his 10th Italian Open title, after overcoming a second set comeback from No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the final to triumph 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 in two hours and 50 minutes.