(Tennis news) It was the battle of the world’s top two players and the last time they met was at the US Open final. Novak Djokovic beat Daniil Medvedev as he took revenge for his US Open loss two months ago by winning his sixth title at the Paris Masters and a record 37th Masters 1000 title. Djokovic also became the first man to finish the year as world number for a 7th time as has beaten the existing record of Pete Sampras who had done it 6 times.
Daniil Medvedev broke Djokovic in the opening game of the match as he opened up a two game, Medvedev again broke Djokovic’s serve in the seventh game of the match which further pushed him closer to winning the set and it was done in the next two games. In the second set, Djokovic hyped up the crowd as he opened up a 4-1 lead on his way to winning the set as Medvedev smashed one ball to the crowd at the end.
In the final set, the crowd was chanting and boosting Medvedev’s confidence which proved to be futile as Djokovic broke Medevedev’s serve in intervals as he started at the trophy which he last won in 2019. Djokovic held his hands wide with a smile on his face as he won the final set and even gave his racquet to the crowd along with his armbands. Djokovic defeated Medvedev 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
In men’s doubles, Tim Puetz and Michael Venus captured their second title of the year as they beat the 2019 champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut. Tim and Michael were fired up in the opening set as they took the first two games and went on to win the set as Tim smashed three overheads. In the second set, Herbert and Mahut missed a couple of chances as they were 1 or 2 points away from winning the set but in the tie break both of them did not fall prey to pressure as they won the set inviting standing ovations from the crowd.
In the final set, the scores were tied at 7 all as Tim and Michael pushed ahead with thundering forehand winners which gave them a matchpoint as Michael finished the proceedings with a high forehand volley. Tim and Micheal had lost in the 1st round at Vienna before coming here and had beaten US Open winners Joe Sailsbury and Rajeev Ram along with the US Open finalists Bruno Soares and Jamie Murray on the way to winning the title. Tim and Michael defeated Herbert and Nicholas 6-3, 6-7(7-4), 11-9.
