Cincinnati Masters: Novak Djokovic beats Roger Federer to win the title

Novak Djokovic ended a careerlong jinx lifting the trophy in Cincinnati at last to complete a matched set of Masters 1000 titlesDjokovic who came up empty in five prior Cincinnati finals defeated seventime winner Roger Federer 64 64 in the final The former world number one became the first man to win all nine of the ATPs Masters 1000 events in the elite series current configuration Federer meanwhile lost a final in the hardcourt US Open tuneup for the first timeI played five finals here before and most of those finals I lost to this great man Roger thank you for letting me win here once in Cincinnati Djokovic joked This is a dream come true Djokovic said I finally won Cincinnati after six finals some against the greatest ever Roger Federer a 20time Grand Slam winner said his game wasnt sharp but he didnt want to take anything away from Djokovics achievement Novak is a great champion Federer said This is about him making historyFederers streak of 100 straight unbroken service games in Cincy was ended by Djokovic in the seventh game of the first set The 37yearold Swiss had been aiming for a 99th career trophy but was unable to get over the line due in part to four doublefaults at the most inopportune of times but he said his return game was also lackingIt was definitely not my best day on the return it was just awful Federer said Missing every second serve on the forehand side I dont know what that was aboutBut I dont even want to look for reasons why it happened he added Novak totally deserved to win today This effort was not good enough Good week but Im happy its over and I need to rest added Federer his eye on the US Open starting in New York in eight days Djokovic claimed the opening set in 37 minutes and came back from an early break in the second to overhaul his longtime rival as they played for the 46th timeThe Serb now leads Federer 2422 and has won their last three encounters The pair had not played since the 2016 Australian Open semifinals more than two and a half years ago Wimbledon champion Djokovic claimed his Masters record on his first match point and now heads to the US Open as a title favorite after a string of subpar seasons and an elbow injury which required surgeryIts a wonderful feeling its been a couple of tough months for me with an injury and then winning Wimbledon and Cincinnati Djokovic said Federer started the match with three aces in the opening game then added a pair of love games for a 32 lead But it began to unravel as the Swiss doublefaulted to yield a break point dropping serve as Djokovic moved ahead 43 Djokovic took advantage for a 53 lead and closed out the set after 37 minutesFederer broke for a 20 lead in the second set but gave the break back immediately as he double faulted to give Djokovic a break point which the Serb promptly converted Djokovic broke again to lead 43 and after Federer held to close the gap to 45 Djokovic ended the afternoon in the next game on his first match pointAlso Read Cincinnati Masters Roger Federer Novak Djokovic In SemiFinalsCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever