Agencies
Paris, Nov 8: Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray for the 10th time in their last 11 meetings to lift the Paris Masters title once again here Sunday.
A 6-2, 6-4 victory for the World No.1 gave him his third successive trophy here and earned him a 10th title of a season that just continues to get better.
Djokovic was playing in his 14th consecutive final — a record for a single season– and now has 22 straight wins having not lost since the final in Cincinnati in August.
Djokovic did not even drop a set in winning titles in Beijing and Shanghai, and it was not until Saturday’s semifinal here that Stan Wawrinka finally broke that streak. But the Serbian responded by winning the deciding set to love and was in similarly ruthless form in the opening set against Murray.
The World No.2 tried to take the challenge to his opponent but too often he could not land the final shot. Djokovic broke serve for 2-1 and, although Murray fought for all he was worth to hold in a lengthy fifth game, a second break soon followed.
In the second set, Djokovic forged ahead again in the third game, but Murray broke back immediately. But that was as far as Murray got.
