Andy Murray

DOHA - Serbia's Novak Djokovic will be defending his Doha title in the final of the ATP tennis tournament after saving five match points to knock out Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-3 in the semi-final on Friday.

In the final, he will face the winner of the match between Briton Andy Murray and Czech Tomas Berdych.

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LONDON - For the first time in his career, Britain's Andy Murray is set to finish a year as the world number one in men's tennis after beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the ATP World Tour Finals in London late Sunday.

Murray won after 104 minutes of play and is now 11-35 head-to-head against Djokovic.

Britain's Andy Murray (L) poses with the ATP World Tour Finals trophy (L) with runner up Serbia's Novak Djokovic (R) after Murray won the men's singles final on the eighth and final day of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament in London on November 20, 2016 © Glyn Kirk / AFP

For the first time in his career, Britain's Andy Murray is set to finish a year as the world number one in men's tennis.

Murray beat Serbia's Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the ATP World Tour Finals in London late on Sunday.

PARIS - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the current world number one in men's tennis, is out of the Paris Masters after losing to Marin Cilic 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) in the quarter-finals on Friday in what was his first-ever defeat to the Croatian after 14 wins.

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BELGRADE - After all the battles and hard graft chasing the world number one spot, Briton Andy Murray arrived there without hitting a ball on Saturday as Milos Raonic pulled out of their Paris Masters semi-final due to a leg injury, Reuters reported.

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PARIS - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the current world number one in men's tennis, is out of the Paris Masters after losing to Marin Cilic 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) in the quarter-finals on Friday in what was his first-ever defeat to the Croatian after 14 wins.

Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has been defeated by Vasek Pospisil in the second round of the ATP Masters Tournament in Shanghai (5:7, 6:7 (2)).

This defeat put an end to Dimitrov's successful advance in the series of tournaments in China.

Dimitrov played at the semi-finals in Chengdu and lost to Andy Murray at the final in Beijing.

Despite the loss to Andy Murray on Sunday, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria has moved two spots up the ranking of professional tennis.

With 1990 points, he is now No 16, behind Richard Gasquet (France) and above Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain).

Dimitrov was defeated in a tense China Open final, but had managed to oust top players such as Nadal earlier during the week.

The best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov will play at the final of the China Open. His rival in the semi-final Milos Raonic has withdrawn due to injury.

Dimitrov will face Scottish Andy Murray in the fight for the title.

Murray beat Spaniard David Ferrer in the second semi-final (6:2, 6:3).