​Novak Djokovic took revenge on Yannick Sinner (the Italian beat him in the groups), the Serbian won the 2023 Champions Tournament (6-3, 6-3). Nole achieved 7 ATP Finals titles, dethroning the legendary Roger Federer.

Novak Djokovic has overtaken Roger Federer: he has more Champions Tour titles than the Swiss

Once again, Novak Djokovic showed that it is almost impossible to beat him twice in a row: the Serb is doing his lessons well, adjusting exactly where he needs to and teaching a lesson to whoever beat him before.

At the end of the group match, where he was beaten by Yannick, Nole said bluntly: I let him play his game, be aggressive and dictate the tempo. This will not happen again. And Joker is a man of his word: he did not give his opponent time or space.

He started the match strongly and maintained a pace that was difficult for his much younger opponent (22 years old) to sustain.

It was a completely different match from a few days ago: the Serb served flawlessly, dictated the pace with his backhand and was inspired when he changed direction with his forehand.

He was inspired in almost everything he did, breaking the rhythm with his puck when Yannick picked up a bit of speed in rallies, and had a hawk’s eye even when challenging the linesmen’s decisions with replays.

After 38 minutes, Nole deservedly won the first set with a score of 6-3.

Unfortunately for Yannik and passionate Italian fans, the “conductor” on the field continued to be the Serb.

Djokovic achieves a fantastic level of concentration in big matches, completely mentally dominating his opponents and changing incredibly from situation to situation.

The ATP leader made a white break in the first game of the second set, and the physical form shown on Sunday at the Pala Alpitour speaks of an athlete at least a decade younger.

At the age of 36 (turned in May), the Joker shows a terrible thirst for trophies and it is possible that by the end of his career (by the way, it seems far away) he will surpass all the records that are still in front of him.

The fantastic mechanism displayed by Nole had two moments of balance in the second set, both on serve: Grishnyk had break points but succumbed to pressure, lacking clarity of thought, and Djokovic ran away like a cat with nine lives.

And since against the Serb you need to use even half of the opportunity, Grinner missed only those moments when it seemed that he was approaching the opponent’s level.

Djokovic deservedly won the doubles with a score of 6-3, and Nole became the champion on the Champions Tour for the seventh time: another record was put in the pocket of the world leader.

Siner ended the final with a double fault. The match lasted one hour and 44 minutes.

The main records of Novak Djokovic

Born May 22, 1986 in Belgrade, Djokovic currently holds many tennis records, but the most important are the following three: most Grand Slam titles, most Masters (ATP 1000) and most weeks out of the ATP leaderboard.

1st place in the ATP at the end of the season

1 Novak Djokovic 8

2 Pete Sampras 6

3 Roger Federer / Jimmy Connors / Rafael Nadal 5 etc.

Ranking of Grand Slam titles

1 Novak Djokovic 24

2 Rafael Nadal 22

3 Roger Federer 20 (retired)

Ranking of Masters tournaments

1 Novak Djokovic 39

2 Rafael Nadal 36

3 Roger Federer 28 (retired)

Weeks under #1 ATP

1 Novak Djokovic 399

2 Roger Federer 301

3 Pete Sampras 286 etc.

Tournament of Champions, most titles

1 Novak Djokovic 7 (2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022, 2023)

2 Roger Federer 6 (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011)

3 Ivan Lendl 5 (1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987)

3 Pete Sampras 5 (1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999)

5 Ilye Nastase 4 (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975), etc.

• At the age of 36, Novak Djokovic has had a fantastic season, winning 3 out of 4 Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open, Roland Garros, US Open).

• He also won tournaments: ATP Finals, Paris Masters, Cincinnati Masters and Adelaide 1. Tennis awards this season brought Nole (so far) $11,540,544.