Djokovic dethrones Federer from world no.2 spot

Nole demolishes Sascha Zverev in the Shanghai semifinal to grab the rank no.2 starting from next week.

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Novak Djokovic plays a perfect match against Sascha Zverev in the Shanghai semifinal to demolish his opponent, reach the final and claim the world no.2 rank starting from next week.

The semifinal

Nole was in absolute and full control of the entire semifinal. After the pair was fighting on a 2-2 scoreline, the former world no.1 conquered 10 of the following 11 games to win 6-2 6-1. In just 1 hour.

On one side Nole was fantastic in keeping his focus, on the other, it was starling to see the Zverev didn’t try to find a solution to Djokovic’s dominance from the back of the court.

After this match, Djokovic is assured to be no.2 in the rankings and he is better and better positioned to end the season at the very top of the rankings. This is incredible after he started his season with an operation.

This is Nole’s 17 consecutive win!