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World No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic has won his 37th career in the Masters 1000 Series.
Reporter Jo Eun-ji reports that it was more special because it was their first win in front of their son and daughter.
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Djokovic cooked ‘defending champion’ Medvedev in a leisurely manner.
He skillfully scored points right, left, forward, back, poking through every corner of the court.
Djokovic caught Medvedev, who blocked his ‘calendar grand slam’ at the US Open in 2 hours and 15 minutes, and took the prize money of 450 million won.
Just below the four major tournaments, he won his 37th title in the Masters 1000 Series, held nine times a year, beating Nadal and setting the record for the most in this category.
It is even more special to win with sons and daughters in the audience.
[노바크 조코비치 / 테니스 세계 1위·세르비아 : 특별한 우승입니다. 아이 둘이 함께 처음으로 전체 경기를 다 봤고, 또 결승이잖아요. 대단한 경기였어요. 마지막 한 샷까지 최선을 다해 뛰었습니다.]
Djokovic also finished the year at number 1 in the world rankings at the end of this year, and it is already the seventh time since 2011.
It is also the all-time record, beating out Sampress, Federer and Nadal.
Djokovic has maintained the top rank for 348 weeks, the longest in tennis history, and is promising a spectacular finale this weekend in the ATP Finals, a ‘game of kings’.
This is YTN Jo Eun-ji.
YTN Jo Eun-ji (zone4@ytn.co.kr)
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