FINALLY MURRAY WILL FINISH THE YEAR AT THE TOP
The Wimbledon champion needed to win the final match of the season to ensure his place at the top. And he did it, rather easily.
Murray beat DJOKOVIC 6-3, 6-4 Sunday to earn his first title at the ATP finals, and make sure he remained No. 1 until next season.
''I would like to try and stay there, obviously. It's taken a huge effort the last five, six months to get there,'' said Murray, who took over the top ranking two weeks ago and has now won 24 straight matches.
''I'm aware that's going to be extremely difficult because I had a great year this year. I only managed to do it by one match.''
Murray replaced Djokovic as the top-ranked player in Paris, but the second-ranked Serb could have regained the No. 1 position by winning Sunday at the O2 Arena.
And Murray seemed vulnerable heading into the final, especially after playing three sets against Milos Raonic in Saturday's semifinals. He started against Djokovic with a pair of double-faults in the opening game, but it was soon his opponent that was struggling with his serve as the unforced errors piled up.
''There was no serious chance for me to win today's match,'' Djokovic said. ''From the very beginning we could see that. He was just a better player all in all.''
Normally so steady with his groundstrokes, Djokovic found himself missing easy shots time after time, finishing the match with a whopping 30 unforced errors and only 13 winners. Murray had 15 unforced errors and 13 winners.
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