Djokovic hopes to continue 2015 winning run in Paris

It was so close to the World Tour Finals cash bonanza that the likes of Roger Federer et al weren’t too fussed about it, but that will probably all change now that the Tour Finals are a fortnight after Paris.

“I’m not thinking about being unbeaten till the rest of the year”.

Sky Bet have priced up various specials for the Serb, going 6/4 on him to win in both Paris and then London for a third successive year and 100/30 for him not to drop a set this week.

“I can assure you, losing four service games in a set, I don’t think that has happened, you know, to me”, he said. That Tournament hosts the top eight players in the world each year.

That’s not a match-up that favours Nishikori for sure, but will Murray make it that far? Tomorrow he’ll face Berdych or Tsonga.

The world no. 1 continued where he left off two weeks ago with back-to-back titles in Beijing and Shanghai as he cruised into the Paris third round.

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That did not prevent him from advancing to the third round in straight sets, extending his winning streak to 18 matches with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Thomaz Bellucci on Tuesday. I had my chances in the second, but he fought back well, like he’s done throughout the week really.

“I have seen a lot of great things from him, but I didn’t see this high level and this consistency”.

Bellucci only got 48 percent of his first serves in play during the second set and Djokovic took full advantage.

The world number one, bidding to win the Paris indoor title for an unprecedented third time in a row, broke to love in the last game of the opening set, playing tighter when it mattered. Djokovic led the points, but sometimes was distracted, especially on serve. Djokovic trails Nadal by just one win in 45 meetings, and has won seven of the eight played over the last two years, including his first at Roland Garros this year.

The six-time grand slam champion was speaking to Le Parisien’s Alain Jouteau ahead of this week’s BNP Paribas Masters in Paris Bercy, which Becker had won three times (1986, 1989, and 1992), where he shared his insights about a number of topics related to tennis, among which was his thoughts on Djokovic and if the Serbian tennis ace can become the greatest player of all time.

Final: Biggest contenders are Murray and Nishikori, who could face off in the first quarter-final-though the in-form Richard Gasquet may upset the Japanese No6 seed-and Federer and Ferrer in the other quarter, though there is tough competition from Dimitrov for Ferrer and from John Isner for Federer.