With three of the four grand slam titles and a record six Masters collection crowns scooped up in a year of domination, Novak Djokovic will be forgiven for using the ATP tour Finals in London as a well-earned lap of honour.
Not a chunk of it. The 28-yr-old global primary’s urge for food for stomping throughout his meant competitors is insatiable.
Serbian Djokovic will begin as overwhelming favored to say a fourth consecutive name on the year-ender, having gained 14 matches in a row on the Thames-aspect venue where remaining yr led to anti-climactic fashion as Roger Federer withdrew from their showdown with a back injury.
The numbers Djokovic has compiled this 12 months surpass even his dominant 2011 marketing campaign whilst he also won three majors.
He will arrive with a 78-5 win/loss document and on a 22-healthy triumphing streak, stretching again to his defeat through Federer within the Cincinnati final in August.
He has owned the number one rating due to the fact that July 2014 and he's going to give up the 12 months there for a fourth time similar to John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl.
“In terms of the grand slams, this has been a higher season than 2011,” Djokovic, who would have gained all four but for an stimulated Stanislas Wawrinka in the French Open final, stated in an interview with game magazine.
“It’s about the overall feeling of my recreation — the way I play and the manner I experience at the court docket. I’m a greater complete player physically; technically I’ve progressed due to the fact that 2011, and mentally I’m extra solid.”
Worryingly, nobody seems to have a clue a way to forestall him.
International wide variety Andy Murray, who's juggling the tour Finals on domestic soil with trying to win the Davis Cup for Britain for the first time considering 1936 the week after, has misplaced 10 of his closing 11 suits in opposition to Djokovic.
Murray didn't live on the round-robin stage closing year when he changed into demolished through Federer.
Seeing that dropping to Djokovic in remaining week’s Paris Masters final he has practised in particular on clay in readiness for Davis Cup duty in Ghent.
He was, but, positioned inside the easier-looking institution in Thursday’s draw, averting Federer and Djokovic.
Federer, 34, continually puts on a show in London having reached the very last four times for the reason that event moved from Shanghai in 2009, triumphing twice.
In contrast to remaining year whilst numerous new faces qualified, this yr’s eight are the same old suspects, with Japan’s Kei Nishikori the least experienced on his 2nd look.
A rejuvenated Rafael Nadal is again after lacking out ultimate yr via harm and at the same time as still now not quite the formidable foe he changed into at his peak the Spaniard will relish trying out his development against Murray and Wawrinka in group play.
David Ferrer and Tomas Berdych will do properly to attain the semis, Wawrinka could be the darkish horse after reaching the closing 4 in 2013 and last yr whilst he lost an epic to Federer.
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