Novak Djokovic clinches record-equaling 6th title, defeats Ruud in final

Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic earned a recordequaling sixth ATP Finals singles title win beating Norways Casper Ruud in the summit clashDjokovic defeated his opponent by 75 63 to walk away with a historic payday of 47m He has now equalled the record of Swiss legend Roger Federer who has six ATP title winsThe Serbians highquality return game proved to be a huge difference between both players He carved out all five breakpoint opportunities in the match Ruud also hit strongly but the Big Match Djokovic was too good for him in this 93minute battle for the titleI missed a couple of forehands in the last game when I was serving for it Djokovic was quoted as saying by ATP after his winI had nerves but I am really grateful to be able to serve the match out I had a big ace to close out Seven years since winning this title has been a long time At the same time the fact that I waited seven years makes this victory even sweeter and even bigger he addedAlso readI had to fight to survive says Novak Djokovic after reaching finalThe Rome Wimbledon Tel Aviv and Astana champion now has ATP titles in three different cities He won the title in Shanghai back in 2008 and made London his stomping grounds with wins in 2012 2013 2014 and 2015 Now he has a title in Turin ItalyHe is also the oldest champion in history of the tournament Him being able to lift the trophy in three different decades is proof of his longevity and ability to bring his elite game while competing against the very best in the gameDjokovic is still hungry for big trophiesI do not know what the future holds but I know that what I hold in my mind is a huge hunger still to win trophies said Djokovic in his postmatch press conferenceMake history of this sport compete on the highest level all around the world and bring good emotions to sports fans tennis fans Thats what drives me a lot he addedI have a lot of different motivational factors and I do not lack any motivation for the moment Of course we all have bad days or bad weeks But generally the feel is still there he concludedDjokovic lifted his 91st tourlevel trophy and was extremely pleased with his winIt is finals Usually these kinds of matches are decided by very small margins One break of serve was enough in both sets I knew Casper was playing really well coming into this match We both served really well and I think in some decisive moments like the 12th game of the first set I managed to put a few returns back in play said DjokovicI made him run made him play I was really pleased with the way I played I was looking to be very aggressive and it worked great I am really pleased with the performance added the SerbianRuud was the first Scandinavian to contest in ATP Finals since Stefan Edberg of Sweden Despite his loss he will be finishing the year at number 3 in the ATP RankingsTo my team another year has passed on the ATP Tour Thank you to everyone who helps me and pushes me every day Without you it would not be possible It has been a year of many highs some really big highs Of course some lows I look forward to the next season already said RuudRuud also delivered some fine performances winning big in Buenos Aires Geneva and Gstaad He reached the finals of Roland Garros and the US Open and played in an ATP Masters 1000 final as well in MiamiThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever