Djokovic won the men's singles championship in the year-end finals 6.
easily won in his first inventory and easily won in his first championship point! In the men's singles final of ATP year-end finals in in the early morning of the 21st, 35-year-old Djokovic did not waste any opportunities and swept Rude 2-0 to win the men's singles championship of his career. While the total number of championships in this event tied Federer, Djokovic also won the highest single championship in the history of men's tennis with his outstanding performance of winning the championship: US$4740,300!
As the last important event in the men's tennis in the 2022 season, when Djokovic and 23-year-old Rude stood on the final stage, Djokovic was obviously the more favored side. This is not only because Djokovic maintained a perfect 3 win or 0 loss against Rude, but also because Djokovic, who had previously maintained a full victory, is expected to reach a tempting enough championship bonus in the year-end finals.
Djokovic once again demonstrated his adjustment ability.
But after the start of this game, Djokovic was more optimistic and did not really have any advantage. Rude, who had been rushing and fighting, not only led Djokovic's rhythm, but even let Djokovic play in his style for a while. But as the game progressed, there was still a gap between Rude, who would only rush and Djokovic, who would be able to close and move freely, especially when Djokovic, who led 6-5, got the first break point in the first set, Rude, who lacked changes, still handed over the first set.
Compared with the first set, Djokovic, who entered the second set, was no longer led by Rude, and the game was completely under the control of the "old" Djokovic. After taking the lead in the score early, Djokovic quickly ushered in his serve and won the set. What made Rude even more helpless was that after Djokovic won the first championship point of the game, he immediately issued a "goodbye ACE", so it took only 1 hour and 32 minutes to end the highly-watched men's singles final.
Djokovic, who won the championship with a full victory, received this tempting enough bonus - if Rude finally won the championship, his championship would be "only" $2200,400 because he had lost to Nadal , which fought for honor in the group stage.
Djokovic achieved both fame and fortune. Djokovic, who won the championship and won a huge prize, also set several other records that were exciting enough. Including this championship, Djokovic, who won the men's singles championship in the year-end finals six times, has tied the record of winnings that Federer had won by himself. Since the "old" Djokovic won the championship for the first time in 2008 (beating Davedenko ), his first and sixth championships were 15 years apart, while Federer's first and sixth championships were "only" nine years apart. This also shows from one aspect that Djokovic, who achieved "fame and fortune" through this championship, seems to have a more stable career than Federer.
Rud exited sadly.
At the moment when Djokovic achieved both fame and fortune, it is not an exaggeration to praise Serbian kings. At the same time, Rude, who seemed too reckless in the game, may only sigh that he is still far away from the giants.
Although he won the men's singles championships in three events such as Buenos Aires Station (ATP250), Geneva Station (ATP250) and Gstaad Station (ATP250) this year, Rude's more impressive performance this season was that he lost four times in the men's singles finals of higher-level events. Among them, he lost to Alcalas in the men's singles finals of the Miami Masters and US Open men's singles finals, and lost to Nadal in the men's singles finals of the French Open men's singles finals, and lost to Djokovic in the men's singles finals of the year-end finals. The experience of losing in the four finals obviously completely diluted all his joy and pride in winning the championship three times.
Rud lost to Nadal in the French Open men's singles final.What makes Rude even more embarrassed is that as of now, in addition to having a single experience in defeating Murray , he has all ended in failure when facing Federer (0 wins and 2 losses), Nadal (0 wins and 2 losses), Alcalas (0 wins and 3 losses), Medvedev (0 wins and 3 losses), Djokovic (0 wins and 4 losses), etc.
Such an embarrassing record of the battle represents that Rude still has a long way to go before becoming the next giant, but looking at the achievements that 19-year-old Alcalas has achieved, what is Rude's future? Perhaps it is really a huge unknown.
