ATP Finals: Monday’s opening match of the ATP Finals featured Novak Djokovic defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas for the seventh time in a row.
After victories in Astana, Kazakhstan, and the Paris Masters, Djokovic has defeated Tsitsipas in his third straight match.
Every game we’ve played has come down to two or three points, and tonight was no different, according to Djokovic.
He defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the first game and held on to win the first set 6-4.
In these circumstances, a break is crucial, according to Djokovic of the quick indoor court.
Djokovic gained the upper hand in the second set tiebreaker with the aid of a cross-court backhand passing shot winner that landed on the line.
Tsitsipas defeated Djokovic twice in his first three career encounters, but it has been more than three years since he last defeated the 21-time Grand Slam champion.
In the first Red Group match, Andrey Rublev defeated fellow Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-7 (7), 6-3, 7-6 (7) by winning a 37-shot rally on his fifth match point.
In an apparent allusion to the conflict in Ukraine, Rublev scrawled “Peace, Peace, Peace, All we need” on a TV camera lens after winning.
As a result of worldwide sports sanctions brought on by Russia’s conflict with Ukraine, Rublev and Medvedev, along with all tennis players from Belarus and Russia, have been competing without the names of their respective nations next to their names.
A similar request was made by Rublev in February, shortly after Russia’s invasion, when he wrote “No war please” on a TV camera lens.
His most recent appeal follows Russia’s departure from Kherson, one of Ukraine’s biggest victories in the conflict’s nearly nine-month duration.
In the Green Group on Sunday, Casper Ruud defeated Feliz Auger-Aliassime while Taylor Fritz defeated Rafael Nadal.
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