Djokovic relishes Shanghai title win

Novak Djokovic says he “always felt in control” following his victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the Shanghai Masters final.
The Serbian, who managed to beat British number one Andy Murray in the semi-final, made it back-to-back wins in Asian tournaments, having come out on top in Beijing last week.
Djokovic extended his winning record to 17 consecutive matches and 21 sets in a row as he saw off Tsonga 6-2 6-4 on Sunday.
The world number one was pleased with the victory in Shanghai against Tsonga, who never really looked like pulling of the win.
He said: “Today the key was to get as many serves back into play to Jo because he has one of the biggest serves in the game.

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“He showed that in the second set, with some break points early in the set. He came up with some aces, some big serves. “Generally I felt always in control of the match. I felt like I did everything right and I didn’t allow him to get into the rhythm, get into the match.”
Having a lot of fan support certainly helps. His Chinese supporters packed the stadium on Sunday with Serbia flags, and as Djokovic noted earlier this week some have even given themselves Serbian names and are learning his country’s national anthem.
Djokovic thanked them for their support by writing a different Chinese character on the courtside television camera after each match (“love” and “fortune” are two of his favorites) and trying some Mandarin in his victory speech.
“I need to work on my phrases more because I’ve been saying the same thing for too many years,” he said with a laugh.

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