Novak Djokovic won ATP World Tour Title

Novak Djokovic capped a remarkable season with victory over Roger Federer to claim a record fourth straight ATP World Tour Finals Title. The world number one from Serbia broke serve three times to win 6-3 6-4 in 80 minutes at London O2 Arena. Djokovic also made amends for defeat by six time champion Federer in group stage.

He ends the year with 11 titles including three Grand Slams taking his total to 10 majors. The 28 year old has now won the season Finale five times and surpasses Ivan Lendl’s 1987 achievement, when he won his third straight Tour Finals title in New York. The defeat by Federer has been his first Indoor since 2012, but Djokovic responded in simply irresistible style as he dispatched first Rafael Nadal and then in the final, Roger Federer.

It ended with a double fault as even the 17 time Grand Slam Champion wilted under the pressure of such relentless accuracy from his opponent. Aside from the trophy, another 1300 ranking points and the cheque for Euro 1.4m, Djokovic draws level with Federer at 22-22 in career meetings. The pair has shared 11 of the best 13 season ending titles between them, but it is the Serb who now dominates.

Djokovic victory ended Federer chance of overtaking Andy Murray in the rankings, meaning the British will end the year as world Number two for the first time. Federer had been quick to play down the significance of his group stage win and Djokovic did indeed prove a very different opponent in the final just as he had at Wimbledon and US Open. Djokovic was within two sets of winning the calendar Grand Slam this year, losing out to an inspired Stan Wawrinka in the French Open Final but completing his set of majors will not be the only target for 2016.

Shanghai Masters 2015

The Shanghai Masters is a professional men’s tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, and held annually in early October at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in the Minhang district of Shanghai, People Republic of China. The Shanghai Masters is eighth out of the nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments on the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour Season and is the only one not played in Europe or North America.

Matches in Singles and Doubles main draws are played over eight days, from one Sunday to the next. The Singles main draw features 56 different players including 44 or 45 direct acceptances, 7 qualifiers, 4 wild cards and 1 eventual special exempt. The Singles qualifying draw features 28 different players with 24 direct acceptances and 4 wild cards. The doubles draw, features 24 different teams including 22 direct acceptances and 2 wild cards.

World Number One Novak Djokovic became the first ever player to win five Masters 1000 titles in two different years. In one sided Shanghai Masters final he defeated Jo-Wilfred Tsonga in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 in one hour 19 minutes. This year, Djokovic has so far won five 1000 Masters Titles in seven finals – Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, and Rome. He was the finalist at Montreal and Cincinnati.

In 2011 he won titles at Indian Wells, Miami, Montreal, Madrid, and Rome. No other player has won five Masters 1000 titles two times. Other players to win five Masters Titles are US Legend Jimmy Conners in 1976 and Spaniard Rafael Nadal in 2013. His total of 25 Masters 1000 is second highest in Open Era Behind, Nadal who has won it 27 times. With Paris Masters left in the season, the record breaking Serbian can hope to create another record. The doubles Shanghai Masters is won by Raven Klaasen and Marcelo Melo.

Cincinnati Masters

The Cincinnati Masters also called the Western and Southern Open is an annual outdoor hard court tennis event held in Mason, Ohio, USA. It is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2015 ATP World Tour and the WTA Premier 5 Tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour, as well as 2015 US Open Series Event.

The tournament is the second largest summer tennis event in the US after the US Open. Roger Federer and Serena Williams were the defending champions and both successfully defend their titles. Roger Federer defeated Novak Djokovic in finals by 7-6, 6-3 victory and Serena Williams defeated Simona Halep by 6-3, 7-6 in final. This was Simona Halep second final in this month. Roger Federer won his seventh Cincinnati Masters title. Serena Williams won 69^th singles title of her career.

Novak Djokovic lost his fifth Cincinnati Finals and third by Roger Federer. He is the only top seeded player who had never won Cincinnati Finals. Andy Murray did it twice while Rafael Nadal only once. This was Serena William’s second consecutive Cincinnati win and her fourth title of the year. This win by Roger Federer and Serena Williams is an indication of tough US Open game which is going to start by the end of this month in New York.