The 21-time major champion advanced, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6), on Saturday in Turin, and will compete for a record-tying sixth victory at the ATP's year-end event.
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Novak Djokovic will fight for a record-tying sixth title after defeating Taylor Fritz in the first semifinal of the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin on Saturday afternoon. The 21-time major champion overcame the American, 7-6 (5), 7-6, to advance to the championship match for the seventh time and for the first time since 2018. (6). The Serbian became unbeaten against Fritz and increased to 6-0 in their head-to-head matchup. All four tiebreaks and 13 of the 15 sets they played are currently in his favour.
Djokovic wants to win his fifth title of the year because, even though he would have missed two major tournaments and won Wimbledon without receiving any points, it will guarantee that he closes the 2022 season inside the Top 5. On Saturday night, Casper Ruud defeated Andrey Rublev, securing Djokovic a top-three finish for the year. The 35-year-old is the second-oldest finalist in tournament history thanks to his combined 3-0 record in Turin over the previous two seasons versus Rublev and Ruud (after Arthur Ashe, 1978). He overcame the Russian 6-4, 6-1 on Wednesday in a Red Category round-robin encounter.
βI was eager to be in this circumstance. Iβm thrilled to have the opportunity to compete for yet another significant trophy, one of the largest ones available in our sport βDjokovic told the media. βMy week is going well so far. winning four of four games. Of course, Iβm going to give it my all in the final game of the campaign. Of course, Iβll give it my all, Twitter was abuzz with fan reactions and in this article, we take a look at some of the best ones.
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Lets have a look at best twitter reactions from the match.
