TENNIS ATP FINALS – Novak Djokovic dominated Stan Wawrinka with 6-3 6-0 in the evening match. After Wawrinka got the break in the first game it looked to be another thrilling match but Djokovic won 20 of the next 23 points from the third to the seventh game of the first set to take a 5-2 lead. Wawrinka won just seven points in the second set. All the eight matches have finished in two sets in the first four days of the ATP World Tour Finals. There was only a tie-break in the match between Roger Federer and Milos Raonic Diego Sampaolo
Novak Djokovic swept aside Stan Wawrinka in straight sets with 6-3 6-0. Wawrinka started very well converting his third break point in a close seven-minute first game with two forehand winners and held serve with a crosscourt pass to go up 2-0. Djokovic broke back to love at 1-2 as Wawrinka made a double fault and a backhand error. From then Djokovic took full control of the match breaking serve to love in the fourth and in the sixth game. Wawrinka saved a set point in the 8th game with a passing shot.
Wawrinka sent his backhand long to drop serve at the start of the second set. Djokovic hit a forehand winner to take a 2-0 lead and broke twice more to wrap up the match with a forehand winner for the final 6-3 6-0 after just 1 hour and 5 minutes. It was the first time after 8 head-to-head matches that Djokovic beat Wawrinka in two sets.
Djokovic broke five times, dropped just seven points in the second set and made 16 consecutive approaches to the net.
Djokovic and Wawrinka had always played hard-fought matches, like at the 2013 Australian Open when they played a dramatic five-set match or at the 2014 Australian Open when the Lausanne player broke a 14-match losing streak against the Serb I got after another thrilling five-set marathon match. This time it proved to be a no-contest, especially in the second set when Djokovic won with a bagel. Djokovic has extended his winning streak to 29 consecutive indoor matches and is unbeaten at the O2 Arena since 2011. He will stay at the top of the ranking with a win in the third round-robin match against Tomas Berdych.
Wawrinka, who won the first match against Tomas Berdych, will play against Marin Cilic who lost 3-6 1-6 against the Czech player in a one-sided afternoon match.
“I definitely didn’t expect it but I hoped that I could play this way. Obviously Stan wasn’t feeling his best today. He made a lot of unforced errors and had a low percentage of first serves in. On my side I just played very solid from all over the court. I think I covered the court very well. I got a lot of balls back and mixed up the ball. I got him off the comfort zone. After I lost the first two games, I didn’t start so great. He payed the first two games but I wasn’t frustrated. I kept me calm. After that it was a really amazing performance”, said Djokovic.
“I swung through my shots and he made a lot of unforced errors. He wasn’t close to his best and I succeeded very well with what I wanted”, said Djokovic.
Wawrinka was obviously disappointed after his match. “It was not my best match. He is playing very well. He has confidence. Today it was more about what I was doing. He put me in a position that I think a little bit too much. I was not really clear what I am going to do because he is doing everything well and returning well”.
