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Novak Djokovic claimed his ninetieth profession ATP Tour title by cruising previous Stefanos Tsitsipas within the last of the Astana Open in Kazakhstan.
The Serb wanted simply 76 minutes to win 6-3 6-4 and cement his place at November’s season-ending ATP Finals in Turin, Italy.
Victory on the Astana Open was Djokovic’s second consecutive title, after having received the Tel Aviv Open in Israel the earlier week.
The back-to-back triumphs are a powerful return to the Tour for Djokovic, who missed nearly three months and the whole North American hard-court swing, together with the US Open, attributable to his unvaccinated standing.
The 21-time grand slam champion is fifth all-time in Tour titles received, behind Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer, Ivan Lendl and Rafael Nadal.
Regardless of dropping to seventh on the planet rankings after his absence from tournaments in North America, Djokovic will little question go into the distinguished ATP Finals as favourite.
“I’m simply very grateful and blessed to have the ability to play this nicely at this stage of my life,” Djokovic informed the ATP after the match.
“, 35 shouldn’t be the identical as 25, however I believe the expertise most likely in these sorts of massive matches and massive events helps as nicely to strategy mentally in the fitting method.”