Finally, Novak Djokovic wins Cincinnati!

The Serbian legend reached the final in Ohio on 5 occasions, but till Sunday he wasn’t able to go 1 step further. This year it was a different story even if it wasn’t that easy.

Nole had to battle in every single match to win in 3 sets on 4 occasions, and interesting enough the “easiest” match was the final against Roger Federer.

The final

Roger was definitely not at his top, and he had to save 2 break points in the very first game. After a couple of good holds at love, the Maestro fell in the 7^th game to give the decisive break to Djokovic that won the opener 6-4.

It seemed as Roger could reverse his fortune in the second set after he broke Nole in the 2nd game (2-0), but then the Maestro had to concede his serve soon after (2-1), and Djokovic went back in his grove. The Serbian conquered again the decisive break in the 7^th game (4-3) after Roger was leading 40-0. That was it; Nole went on holding his serve in the next few games to win the contest 6-4 6-4.

It’s a very special moment. DJOKOVIC

During the on-court interview, Nole commented

“Obviously it’s a very special moment to stand here for the first time with the winning trophy here in Cincinnati.

Hard times I went through, it’s been a roller-coaster ride in my career with injury, taking time off and having surgery earlier this year. This seems a bit unreal to be back at this level.”

This is Djokovic’s 70^th career title, the second of this season that has started really badly (with an operation) and it is getting better and better.

It’s game on!