TENNIS NEWS – DJOKOVIC TRIUMPHS AGAIN IN PARIS @ THE BNP FRENCH MASTERS, POSPISIL AND SOCK DENIED LONDON DOUBLES FINAL BERTH BY RICKY DIMON

Written by: on 8th November 2015
BNP Paribas 2015 Masters Tennis Tournament
TENNIS NEWS - DJOKOVIC TRIUMPHS AGAIN IN PARIS @ THE BNP FRENCH MASTERS, POSPISIL AND SOCK DENIED LONDON DOUBLES FINAL BERTH BY RICKY DIMON

epa05017066 Novak Djokovic (R) of Serbia celebrates with the trophy after winning the final match against Andy Murray (L) of Great Britain at the BNP Paribas 2015 Masters tennis tournament in Paris, France, 08 November 2015. EPA/YOAN VALAT  |

Novak Djokovic continued his dominant 2015 campaign by winning a third straight BNP Paribas Masters title on Sunday, when he cruised past Andy Murray 6-2, 6-4. After one hour and 32 minutes, the top-ranked Serb became the first player to capture six 1000 Masters titles in a single season.

 

Just as he had done one day earlier against Stan Wawrinka, Djokovic gave back a beak early in the second set. This time, however, a decider was not necessary. The No. 1 seed more than made up for his lone service donation by breaking Murray a total of four times during the match.

 

“There was couple of games in the second set where Andy started turning things around, so things could have gone different way as they did maybe yesterday against (Stan) Wawrinka at same stage,” the reigning Australian Open, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open champion explained. “But I managed to stay tough. It was, all in all, the best performance of the week, and it came at the right time.”

 

Both Djokovic and Murray will now head to London for the World Tour Finals. As the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, respectively, they cannot face each during round-robin action.

 

“I’m hoping that I can repeat the kind of performances and success I have had there in previous years,” Djokovic commented. “[The O2 Arena] is a great stage for a tennis tournament.”

 

Much to the chagrin of many tennis fans, Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock will not be in attendance at the year-end championship. Their London bid came down to the final day of proverbial regular season, when the North American duo needed to win the Paris title in order to qualify.

 

Pospisil and Sock came within a set but ultimately fell to Marcelo Melo and Ivan Dodig 2-6, 6-3, 10-5 on Sunday afternoon.

 

Melo is going into the World Tour Finals as the No. 1 doubles player in the world and on a 16-match winning streak. The Brazilian has also won an incredible 11 consecutive super-tiebreakers.

 

“I think the confidence I got from the last tournaments and this one with Ivan helped us to come back in one more match,” Melo said. “This year has been so special for us. It’s special for me because I’ve now won four titles in a row, I’ve become No. 1, (and) I’m going to be year-end No. 1. So I’m very happy for that.”

 

Sock and Pospisil will give it another go in doubles next year. The American confirmed during the trophy ceremony that they will once again team up in 2016 and play at least close to a full schedule.

 

Ricky contributes to 10sballs.com and also maintains his own tennis website, The Grandstand.

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