Andy Murray vs Novak Djokovic live: Murray beats Djokovic to win the ATP Finals and clinch world No 1 ranking
Murray beat Djokovic for just the second time to win the ATP World Tour Finals title and secure his end-of-year world number one ranking
Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic in the at the final of the ATP World Tour Finals, to win in London for the first time and secure his place as world No 1 for the end of the season. Re-live the action here.
- Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4
- Murray wins the ATP World Tour Finals for the first time
- Murray also ends the year as the world No 1 after over-taking Djokovic
- Briton adds crown to his Wimbledon title and Olympic gold medal earlier in the year
- Murray beat Marin Cilic, Kei Nishikori, Stan Wawrinka and Milos Raonic to reach final
- Djokovic defeated Dominic Thiem, Gael Monfils, Raonic and Nishikori
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John McEnroe reckons this could be the beginning of a new era of Murray dominance and he's probably not wrong. To come out of two gruelling matches to make the final, including yesterday's 3hr 38min semi-final against Milos Raonic, and dominate in such convincing fashion bears testament to what the player is capable of. He's got a resolve and resilience which is unrivaled in the sport. Having proved today what he's capable of, there's no reason he can't go on to assert his authority in next year's season.
As for Novak Djokovic, the Serbian looked shaky and out of sorts. There were a series of overhead smashes which he missed much to the shock of the crowd as his unforced errors handed Murray the upper hand. That's not to take away from Murray's achievement tonight. Victory was well deserved.
Spot the Scot...
Murray is handed the championship trophy
That's all from me. What an evening it's been. History in the making for sure! Until next time, folks.
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