Djokovic Regains Race Lead As Nitto ATP Finals
Tennis, — Novak Djokovic, the five-time Nitto ATP Finals champion, clinched the Roland Garros title for a second time.
Cheers to you, champ 🥂#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/zSxJCOcGav
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 13, 2021
Djokovic started the fortnight in Paris just 190 points behind Tsitsipas and on Sunday he beat the Greek star 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 for his 19th Grand Slam championship crown. It leaves the Serbian superstar just one trophy away from all-time major title leaders Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal (both on 20).
Novak Djokovic gifted away his racket to a young fan after winning the French Open.
His reaction was priceless. https://t.co/HIFq9luRYN
— The Sporting News (@sportingnews) June 13, 2021
Tsitsipas, who had led the 2021 year-to-date standings ever since he clinched his first ATP Masters 1000 title at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters on 18 April, is now 610 points behind Djokovic (5,170) on 4,560 points following his first Grand Slam final appearance. Djokovic beat 13-time Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal, who is up to fourth place (2,940), in the semi-finals.
FedEx ATP Race To Turin (View Latest Standings)
Player Points
1) Novak Djokovic 5,170 2)
Stefanos Tsitsipas 4,560 3)
Alexander Zverev 2,970 4)
Rafael Nadal 2,940 5)
Andrey Rublev 2,770 6)
Daniil Medvedev 2,590 7)
Matteo Berrettini 1,805 8)
Aslan Karatsev 1,730 9)
Jannik Sinner 1,510 10)
Hubert Hurkacz 1,470
The 34-year-old Djokovic has captured the Nitto ATP Finals title on five occasions (2008, ’12-15) and is bidding to finish 2021 as year-end No. 1 for a record seventh year, which would break a tie with Pete Sampras (1993-98) for the most year-end No. 1 finishes in FedEx ATP Rankings history. Djokovic has compiled a 27-3 match record in 2021.
