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Novak Djokovic won the
Monte Carlo Masters Sunday (Photo: Press Association)
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World number one Novak
Djokovic became the first player to win the opening three ATP World Tour
Masters 1000 events when he defeated Tomas Berdych 7-5 4-6 6-3 at Monte Carlo
on Sunday.
Djokovic had overpowered
eight-time champion Rafael Nadal to reach the final, not dropping a set on his
2015 clay-court debut this week.
Press Association reports:
However, the 27-year-old
Serb did not have it all his own way in a rain-hit match against Berdych, who
had forced a break in the very first game and later rallied to force a deciding
set.
Djokovic, though,
eventually came through to extend his winning streak to 17 matches and the
advantage over Roger Federer in the world rankings to more than 5,000 points.
Berdych had signalled his
intent with an early break, only for Djokovic to regain his composure and lead
5-3 before eventually closing out the first set after 53 minutes.
Djokovic was 3-2 up in
the second before rain took the players off court for the best part of an hour.
Berdych, the world number
eight who reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open in January, came back
refreshed and broke at 4-3 before levelling the match with some powerful
forehands.
However, a string of
unforced errors from the Czech in the decider then allowed Djokovic to move into
a 4-0 lead, from which he closed out victory in two hours and 43 minutes.
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