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Tennis: Novak Djokovic secures a record-extending 8th year-end number one [SOUND]

# Tennis: Novak Djokovic has clinched the year-end number one ranking for a record-extending eighth time, after his first round match win at the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy. The Serb defeated Denmark’s Holger Rune, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3 in the Green Group to record his 19th consecutive tour-level win. Italy’s Jannik Sinner also won his opening match in the Green Group, beating Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6-4, 6-4. Djokovic, who is chasing a record seventh ATP title, says it means a lot finishing the year as world number one:

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