Pete Sampras

TURIN - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis, has claimed a record seventh career ATP Finals title by defeating Italian Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-3 in the final on Sunday evening.

Djokovic, who won after an hour and 44 minutes of play, is now 4-1 head-to-head against Sinner.

He previously lost to Sinner in the group stage of the tournament.

BELGRADE - Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic on Monday began his 378th week at the top of the ATP rankings, setting an absolute record in the category in both men's and women's tennis.

Djokovic surpassed Germany's Steffi Graf, who spent a total of 377 weeks in the world number one spot.

The two young stars of world tennis offered an incredible pleasure to tennis fans, and after five hours and 15 minutes of play, finalizing with a score of 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-7(0), 7-5, 6-3. The five-hour, 15-minute epic is the latest finish in US Open history.

Lleyton Hewitt, a two-time Grand Slam champion and former world number one, was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on July 16, a ceremony delayed from 2021 by COVID-19.

Hewitt won the 2001 U.S. Open and 2002 Wimbledon titles among 30 career ATP triumphs and helped Australia capture the Davis Cup in 1999 and 2003.

Djokovic: "I've lost words for what this tournament and what this trophy means to me"

The competition at Wimbledon starts on Monday, and the matches of the first round, among others, will be played by five Serbian tennis players, including the defending champion Novak Djokovic.
Three-time Wimbledon winner Djokovic is playing against Soonwoo Kwon from South Korea in the first round.

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal headline the title chase at Wimbledon where eight-time champion Roger Federer, the world's top two players as well as valuable ranking points will all be missing.

Djokovic is bidding for a seventh title at the All England Club to move level with U.S. great Pete Sampras.

In the grand final of Wimbledon after 216 minutes of play, he defeated Italian Matteo Berrettini after a great fight in four sets, 6: 7 (4), 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 3.
Thus, in terms of the number of Grand Slam titles, Novak Djokovic had caught up with his great rivals Federer and Nadal, and now all three have 20 slams each.

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer made history Sunday by playing the first-ever fifth-set tiebreak at 12-all in the Wimbledon final, writes Forbes.

In the longest Wimbledon men's final in history, Djokovic captured his fifth Wimbledon title, his second straight and his 16th Grand Slam crown when Federer shanked a forehand on match point after nearly five hours.

Roger Federer became the first man to win Wimbledon eight times and extended his record to 19 Grand Slam titles with victory over Croatia's Marin Cilic, according to BBC Sports. 

The Swiss third seed won 6-3 6-1 6-4 as seventh seed Cilic struggled with a blister on his left foot and broke down in tears during the second set.