Novak Djokovic mentioned he’s hoping to place the cherry on prime of a profitable 2023 season with a report seventh ATP Finals title, after the world primary beat Carlos Alcaraz within the semi-final to arrange a showdown with Jannik Sinner.
Djokovic has gained the Australian Open, French Open and U.S. Open this 12 months to take his tally as much as 24 Grand Slam titles and overtake rival Rafa Nadal. He additionally surpassed Steffi Graf’s report for probably the most weeks as world primary.
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“I had an virtually excellent season, Grand Slam season,” Djokovic instructed reporters after his 6-3 6-2 win over Alcaraz on Saturday.
“Ended the 12 months as primary on this planet, reached actually all of the goals that I had, broke many data, made historical past of the game. After all, I’m thrilled with the season.
“However yet another match to go. Hopefully I can crown the season with one other win.”
Djokovic will tackle native favorite Sinner within the last in a while Sunday, the place the world primary shall be out for revenge after dropping to the Italian within the group stage.
“He has been the most effective participant of the event up to now. Received 4 out of 4 matches and performed some nice tennis. Clearly driving on the large wave of help of his Italian crowd right here,” Djokovic mentioned.
“He’s going for his first trophy. I’m going for my seventh within the year-end World Tour Finals. I’ve been in these conditions earlier than. Hopefully expertise may help a bit.
“However I don’t assume it’s going to prevail as a result of he’s been enjoying nicely, he’s going to have crowd on his facet. I do know what I anticipate. I feel having already a match in opposition to him in this sort of environment helps me put together higher.”