Novak Djokovic enters the final of the ATP Finals

The ATP Finals is the last tournament of the ATP Tour. Here the 8 best players in the world compete. This year they are Rafael Nadal, Casper Ruud, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Andrey Rublev and Taylor Fritz. Great matches are guaranteed at this tournament. Novak Djokovic has always been straightforward, determined, precise and accurate in the previous rounds. You could tell in the matches before that he was determined to win the tournament. He probably has in mind that only Roger Federer has won the tournament six times and that he, together with Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl, have five victories to their credit. 2022 would be his chance to equal Roger Federer.

Today's semifinal match was very close. Both players impressed with convincing winners, surprising stop balls and hard serves and the match remained very close for long stretches. This is also proven by the first set, which was only decided in favor of Novak Djokovic in the tie-break. However, the fact that success in tennis is above all a mental thing was evident in both players, who always reacted in a discouraged manner when their opponent had scored heavily. But Djokovic was clearly a touch more determined. Actually, Taylor Fritz should have closed the bag when it was 5:3 in his favor and won the set to go into a third deciding set. But Fritz blundered, got distracted and Djokovic actually and to his surprise caught up to 5:5. This was the key moment, with which Taylor Fritz finally gave the match out of his hands. He continued to fight fantastically, but Djokovic was not going to let it slip away. So the second set ended like the first, with a tie-break, which Djokovic won. Taylor Fritz is beaten and Novak Djokovic moves into the final proud, joyful and hopeful.

Also tonight it will be decided who will play against Djokovic tomorrow. The second semifinal match between Casper Ruud and Andrey Rublev will start at 21:00. I bet on Capser Ruud because of the statistics, but just this tournament has shown once again that everything can come differently than you think.