{"id":159654,"date":"2022-11-06T18:16:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T17:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=159654"},"modified":"2022-11-07T09:20:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T08:20:38","slug":"rune-downs-novak-in-paris-final-to-win-his-maiden-masters-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/rune-downs-novak-in-paris-final-to-win-his-maiden-masters-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Rune downs Novak in Paris final to win his maiden Masters title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six-time champion Novak Djokovic met first-time Paris-Bercy finalist Holger Rune in the championship match of the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old Dane, who was triumphant in Stockholm and Munich this year, put in a remarkable and brave performance, to defeat Novak 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in two hours and 32 minutes and win his maiden ATP Masters 1000 trophy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He became the youngest winner of the Paris tournament since Boris Becker in 1986.<\/p>\n

Novak broke for a 3-1 lead in the opening set and went on to win it. Rune broke early in the second set to take the contest to a deciding set. The two had traded break once before the ATP Next Gen star broke for 6-5 to serve for the match. The unseeded teenager saved six break points in the final service game before securing the title.<\/p>\n

“I’m not happy that you beat me, but on the other hand I’m happy for you because I like your personality, you’re a very dedicated guy who loves tennis,”<\/strong> Djokovic said during the trophy ceremony. “You’ve put in a lot of hours of hard work, it’s paying off for you and your future is bright.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Match statistics: aces (8-6), double faults (2-7), winners (34-43), unforced errors (22-33), total points won (97-92).<\/p>\n

Novak was bidding to win a record-extending seventh title in Paris and a record-breaking 39th Masters 1000 crown.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old Serbian ace will next head to Turin, for the Nitto ATP Finals<\/a>. The season finale will be held at the Pala Alpitour from November 13 to November 20.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rafael Nadal (ESP), Casper Ruud (NOR), Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE), Novak Djokovic (SRB), Daniil Medvedev (RUS), Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN), Andrey Rublev (RUS) and Taylor Fritz (USA) are in the field. Holger Rune (DEN) will be the first alternate.<\/p>\n

“I feel very well, I’m playing great tennis. I’m disappointed today, but I wasn’t too far and I like my chances going to Torino. I played really well there last year,”<\/strong> Novak said. “I’ll be there and hopefully will bring my best game.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The draw is set to take place on Thursday, November 10, at 12:00 noon CET.<\/p>\n

Photos: Profimedia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 19-year-old Dane, who was triumphant in Stockholm and Munich this year, put in a remarkable and brave performance, to defeat Novak 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 and lift his maiden ATP Masters 1000 trophy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":159662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[101012177,101010437,101012019,101013292,101011267,101013019,101011692],"class_list":["post-159654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-atp-1000-en","tag-final-en","tag-france","tag-holger-rune-en","tag-masters-1000-en","tag-rolex-paris-masters-en","tag-runner-up-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159654"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159784,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159654\/revisions\/159784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}