{"id":166260,"date":"2023-11-13T00:44:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T23:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=166260"},"modified":"2023-11-13T15:54:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T14:54:22","slug":"nitto-atp-finals-novak-defeats-rune-secures-year-end-no-1-for-a-record-extending-eighth-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/nitto-atp-finals-novak-defeats-rune-secures-year-end-no-1-for-a-record-extending-eighth-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak downs Rune, secures record-extending 8th Year-End No.1 finish!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Impressive Novak clinched record-extending eighth year-end no.1 finish!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bq-RqtFlIM4?si=dnV9mfkU4GQt5dnx\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittoatpfinals.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Nitto ATP Finals<\/a> kicked off on Sunday at Pala Apitour in Turin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated eighth seed Holger Rune 7-6 (4), 6-7 (1), 6-3 to start his title defence campaign in perfect fashion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There were many high-quality moments during the fantastic battle that lasted three hours and four minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The two great players split the first two sets, both decided by tie-breaks. In the third set, Novak broke his opponent early, but let the 2-0 lead slip. However, the top seed maintained his focus to capitalise on his fourth break of the match in the sixth game and kept the advantage to seal the victory.<\/p>\n<p>With the triumph, Novak secured the ATP Year-End No.1 honour for a record eighth time. With this outstanding accomplishment, the Serbian star will enjoy his record 400th week atop the Pepperstone ATP Rankings on November 20.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt means a lot,&#8221; said Djokovic. &#8220;You could see there were a lot of emotions on the court. I could feel it. I was very eager to win tonight\u2019s match, get that monkey off my back. I won Paris, which put me in a much better position rankings-wise, and I knew coming into Turin I only needed to win one match. A big goal is achieved, everything else now is a bonus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi said: \u201cBecoming year-end No. 1 is an incredible accomplishment. To achieve it eight times is absolutely extraordinary. Novak continues to set the standard in tennis, and his passion and drive make him a true champion. There\u2019s no doubt that more greatness and records lie ahead in his journey.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Novak, who has won the season finale event six times, faces no.4 seed Jannik Sinner in the Green Group on Tuesday at 21:00 CET.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Italian beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE, 6) in the opening singles match of the day.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Profimedia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak clinched his record-extending eighth year-end no.1 finish when he defeated eighth seed Holger Rune 7-6, 6-7, 6-3 in his opening match at the Nitto ATP Finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":166251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[101010566,101013027,101011656,101013035,101013217,101013030],"class_list":["post-166260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-atp-finals-en","tag-nitto-atp-finals-en","tag-record-en","tag-rr1-en","tag-turin-en","tag-year-end-no-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166260","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=166260"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166282,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166260\/revisions\/166282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}