Novak Djokovic And Roger Federer Win At 2015 World Tour Finals

Novak Djokovic made a flying start to his bid for a record fourth successive ATP Tour Finals title with a 6-1, 6-1 rout of Japan’s Kei Nishikori, while Roger Federer cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 win against Tomas Berdych on Sunday.

Even though Djokovic has been almost unbeatable this season and with the 7,000-point ranking gap that the Serb now holds against Federer, the 17-time Swiss grand slam champion believes that the former is incapable of being overcome.

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Federer began the second set in much better fashion as he broke straight away by moving Berdych off the baseline and putting away the short replies from Berdych.

“Then I lost my serve”.

“Today I’ve had for an opponent one of the quickest tennis players, somebody that possesses a lot of talent and loves to play aggressively”.

The Spaniard fought off three break points in the eighth game, one with the help of HawkEye, but the third of eight double faults cost him two games later as Murray clinched the set.

Berdych, in his sixth straight appearance at the World Tour Finals, has never won his opening match but has responded by winning all five of his previous second encounters.

Federer said his match against Djokovic tonight “is not the match that I care the most about, to be quite honest” and that “it’s going to be interesting to see how I play that one”. For Federer, it’s much easier with Nishikori while Djokovic will have to duel the unsafe Berdych.

With the first set wrapped up, Federer tightened his grip with another break in the first game of the second set.

This was a mature performance from Djokovic, who also spoke movingly on the subject of the Syrian refugee crisis, having seen first hand how many are passing through his native Serbia.

Home fans were given a few early excitement when Jamie Murray, older brother of Andy, marked his debut at the tournament when he and Australian partner John Peers beat Italian duo Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli in a thriller. Nishikori, who became the first Japanese man to play in the World Tour Finals past year, appeared unable to slow the world No. 1 in the second set, which lasted just 34 minutes.

Nishikori is 1-1 after losing to Djokovic on Sunday, and he still has to face Federer. On Tuesday, he will play against Novak Djokovic in a blockbuster match that everyone expects eagerly after the draw was made.

“I think we were both really looking forward to the match. It consists of at least three matches in the group”, he said. “So I (will) try to recover well today and tomorrow, and I will get good tactics ready and try to play another good match”.