On November 18, the ATP year-end finals ended the second round of competition, resulting in world number one Djokovic 6-3, 6-2 lightly beat Rublev, with a two-win result to lead the green group, has advanced to the semi-finals, such a result for Federer and Nadal is no different from a thunderbolt, after all, they are both recuperating, can not rely on themselves to prevent Djokovic from impacting the sixth year-end finals.
The match against Rublev was the first time Djokovic faced this opponent, during the match Djokovic did not feel much pressure, in the stalemate ball Djokovic scored as high as 70%, the whole game he issued a total of 14 ACE, the first set score rate reached 88%, only 68 minutes to end the battle. It was Djokovic's 50th win this season and his 2021 record was 50 wins and 6 losses, with a winning percentage of 89%, ranking first among all the top 100 players.
In the next round, Djokovic will face the new British brother Nori who came out of the substitute Tsitsipas, because Tsitsipas withdrew halfway, Nori took the last train, but with one round left in the group stage, Nori, whether he can beat Djokovic, may not have any hope of qualifying, of course, to be able to participate in the year-end finals, it is a lifelong dream for every player. Meanwhile, Rublev currently has a group stage record of 1 win and 1 loss, and in the final round he will meet Ruud, and if Lubrev wins, he will join Djokov to reach the semi-finals.
Considering that Djokovic is only two games away from winning the year-end finals for the sixth time, if he can achieve this great feat, he will chase Federer in the number of year-end finals championships, although the total number of Grand Slams between Djokovic and Federer Nadal is 20, but he is in the year-end world first, the number of Masters championships, the number of year-end finals champions, the number of world first weeks are in a comprehensive leading position, in the competition of many important achievements, Djokovic has no obvious shortcomings, and even completely overshadowed Fener, Thus Deyo is infinitely approaching the greatest honor in history.
Of course, Deyo's personality is not pleasing, the court style is more brutal, bad habits such as wrestling are difficult to change, and there is no gentlemanly demeanor, which is far less than Nadal and Federer.