Rampant Djokovic rolls on in record season

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Novak Djokovic precocious to the semifinals of the ATP Finals by beating Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-2 connected Wednesday.

The top-ranked Djokovic is attempting to lucifer Roger Federer’s grounds of six titles astatine the season-ending lawsuit for the apical 8 players successful the world.

Djokovic was again astir cleanable connected his serve, though Rublev managed to interruption him successful the opening game. Djokovic broke doubly successful each acceptable and won the lucifer with his 12th ace.

“I knew that I had to beryllium connected my toes and commencement well,” Djokovic said. “I dropped my service again similar successful the archetypal match. It was rather a tense commencement from some of america until 4-3, past with caller balls I someway managed to find the close shots astatine the close time.

"Winning the archetypal acceptable I enactment further unit connected him, and I started to possibly play much consistently from the backmost of the court. I served well, that helped tremendously. I wanted to enactment him retired of his comfortableness zone, taking distant the clip and premix up the pace.”

Djokovic is present 2-0 successful the Green Group. He bushed Casper Ruud successful his opening radical match.

Ruud volition look Cameron Norrie aboriginal Wednesday. Norrie was called successful arsenic the 2nd alternate aft 2019 champion Stefanos Tsitsipas was forced to retreat with an injured elbow. Matteo Berrettini was replaced by Jannik Sinner connected Tuesday.

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