On the morning of November 20, Novak Djokovic had a few words to share after defeating Jannik Sinner to win the ATP Finals 2023 championship.
World No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic won his seventh ATP Finals championship after easily defeating Jannik Sinner in 2 sets with a score of 6-3, 6-3 and received a prize money equivalent to 2.01 million Euros. . In addition, there are two additional payments of 358,000 Euros for his two wins in the preliminary round and 1.01 million Euros for winning the semi-finals. In total, Nole earned about 3.7 million Euros and 1,500 points on the world rankings.
After finishing the match, Djokovic quickly ran towards his coaching staff, embracing coach Goran Ivanisevic and his teammates, then his children Stefan and Tara. These can be considered the best moments this week for the 36-year-old tennis player. Djokovic said immediately afterwards: “You understand what happened here. It is a great joy to be the father of two such angels. You are my endless motivation.”
Djokovic hugs the coaching staff after winning the ATP Finals. Photo: GETTY
The world No. 1 tennis player then shared that he felt this was one of his best seasons and did not forget to send compliments to Sinner:
“Really very, very special. Without a doubt, this has been one of the best seasons of my life. The match ended against Italy’s hero – Jannik, who played amazingly. I’m very proud of my performance in the last two days against Alcaraz and Sinner, probably the two best players in the world right now along with me and Medvedev. I had to try to improve my level for them. I have to proactively win matches and not wait for victories to be given to me.
“That’s what I did. I actually played differently tactically than against Jannik in the group stage . Overall, a great week.”
Novak Djokovic completed a memorable season, with 3 of the 4 Grand Slams won and the final trophy at the ATP Finals 2023. The Serbian finished the year ranked number one in the world and became the winner of the 2023 ATP Finals. the most titles in 2023 with 7 titles, surpassing Carlos Alcaraz, who has 6. Nole has won in Adelaide, Australian Open, Roland Garros, Cincinnati, US Open Finals, Paris-Bercy and ATP.
In addition, Novak Djokovic also became the most ATP Finals champion in history with 7 titles in the tournament, surpassing Roger Federer – the previous record holder with 6 crowns.