Novak Djokovic has three good reasons to go to the next London Masters Cup (November 15-22 at the O2 Arena). The first to seek the sixth wound as a teacher, the second to secure the record of number one with the most weeks at the top and the third to collect the trophy that credits him as ATP leader at the end of the season for the sixth time. This equates the historical cap of Pete Sampras.
His domain, in equal parts with Rafael Nadal, it is shown in that they have finished ahead of the others in 10 of the last 11 years. Including Roger Federer they have dominated that statistic in 16 of the last 17 seasons with Andy Murray the sole exception in 2016.
The men’s circuit has made it official since the Serbian will remain at the top in 2020 no matter what happens in the remainder of the competition. ‘Nole’ tied the lead last week reaching the quarters at the Vienna Open 500 to lose immediately after with Lorenzo Sonego.
Djokovic, who used the calculator to remove himself from the Paris Bercy Masters 1,000, a tournament in which he could not score points as the current champion, prepares for the challenge of matching Federer in the list of titles in the top eight contest.
Roger holds the longest cap as number one with 310 weeks, but could lose it to the tennis player from Belgrade on March 8, 2021. The great ally of Federer so that that does not happen is Nadal.
The manacorí today plays the Bercy semifinal against Alexander Zverev and could trim by 240 points the difference with Novak whom he will see again at the Masters. They will not be able to cross in the group stage as they are the first two favorites.
Despite Djokovic’s four titles in 2020, and a run of 39 wins to three losses, Russian Andrey Rublev exceeds his numbers: five crowns and 40 games won.
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