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ATP Paris Bercy: Djokovic cruises past Nishikori

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TENNIS ATP PARIS BERCY – Novak Djokovic cruised to his third final at the BNP Paribas Master 1000 at the Palais Omnisport in Paris Bercy with a 6-2 6-3 win over Kei Nishikori in 62 minutes. Djokovic will be bidding to win his third title in Paris Bercy after his previous triumphs in 2009 and 2013 and his 20th Master 1000 Tournament. He set up the final against Milos Raonic who battled past Tomas Berdych. Diego Sampaolo

Novak Djokovic needed just 62 minutes to avenge his defeat against Kei Nishikori who beat him in the US Open semifinal last September. Nishikori led 2-1 in their previous three head-to-head matches.

This time Djokovic was strong against Nishikori, who was too tired after playing for 2 hours and 43 minutes against David Ferrer on Friday night in a match which ended until 12.30 local time. Djokovic broke serve in the fourth game of the first set for 3-1 with a cross court forehand winner and confirmed his break by holding serve in the next game. He won the final 11 points of the first set and got another break to love in the eighth game to seal the opening set with 6-2 after 29 minutes.

Djokovic broke serve in the fourth game of the second set for 3-1 but Nishikori broke straight back in the next game. Djokovic earned three break points for 4-2 in the sixth game and got another break when Nishikori committed a double fault.

In the seventh game Djokovic reeled off five consecutive points from 0-40 saving three break points for 5-2. Nishikori won the eighth game to love for 3-5. Djokovic converted his first match point when Nishikori sent his lob out. Nishikori was too tired after the marathon match against David Ferrer which ended after midnight.

Djokovic has extended his streak to 26 indoor match wins. He will looking to become the first player to win two consecutive Paris Bercy titles.

Djokovic has now increased his lead over Roger Federer to 910 points in the ATP Race

The Serbian player leads 3-0 in his head-to-head matches against Milos Raonic who beat Tomas Berdych 6-3 3-6 7-5.

“It was a great match. I haven’t dropped a set to get into the final. I definitely felt fresh and motivated to play well tomorrow. Kei was not serving well. Maybe he was fatigued from finishing late last night. I served well in the most important moments and I was concentrated on what I needed to do. It was important to put pressure on Nishikori.”, said Djokovic.

“I was tired after playing three tough matches. My quarter final against Ferrer finished very late and I had no time to recover. It’s very hard to play against Novak. He is very consistent on the baseline. It’s very exciting to go to London. It’s my first time. It’s going to be a lot of tension and I might get nervous in the first match but I will try to enjoy the moment”, said Nishikori

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