He will now aim to crown his incredible year by winning his fourth consecutive title at next week’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at The O2.
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“You know, with this kind of feeling and approach, I got to the third set and played the best set of the tournament so far”.
Anderson, who served 20 aces, cracked in the final set as Nadal secured a meeting with fourth seed Stan Wawrinka after the Swiss eased past Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-4 7-5. The 10-time Grand Slam victor has not lost since the Cincinnati final in August, where he was defeated by Roger Federer in the final round. “We push each other to the limit, and I don’t expect anything less from that”.
– The top seeds met for the first time in a Paris final since 1990 (Edberg/Becker).
“I’m a married man, and I’m a father, as well”, he said. Obviously, it’s harder playing against the best player than someone that’s ranked No 8 in the world. “I played the match of my life against Novak (in the French Open final), but this match will be completely different”. “I need to think about why that is and what it is I can do to change that and turn around”. “I do appreciate that”.
“But I think it’s been a positive week, but it’s not the finish that I wanted”.
A couple games later, and Murray up 3-2, and leading 15-30 on the Djokovic serve, but he is on the defensive in this point, as Djoker manouevres his opponent around the court to set up a smash.
It will be tough, but, yes, he can, for, as Djokovic said after his Paris Masters win on Sunday, “Nobody can be ideal, but, if you are going for perfection, you might reach excellence”.
The title was the second in recent weeks for Williams, 35, who also won last month’s Wuhan Open and moves on to 48 career victories and 41 main-draw wins this year – her most since 2008.
The second point of the match lasted 22 strokes, but Murray was rarely able to compete in the rallies after that.
“But the day before, I played excellent tennis against [Tomas] Berdych, and my match against Steve Johnson, I also felt like I played really well. I managed to shorten a lot of the points”, Murray said. “There was a few variety in there with the way the points finished, which was pleasing for me”, Murray told a news conference.
Murray appeared in control after opening up a 3-1 lead. He won two of his four service games at love, while breaking serve in two of Murray’s four service games.
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Ferrer held easily for 3-1 and then broke again when Isner hit a big forehand wide.
