World primary Novak Djokovic stored up his unbeaten document in 2021 with a 1-6 6-Three 6-Four victory over Milos Raonic to win the Western and Southern Open.
The Serb, 33, equalled Rafael Nadal’s document of 35 Masters 1000 Collection titles with the comeback win in New York.
Canadian Raonic, the world quantity 30, took the primary set in 31 minutes.
However Djokovic levelled earlier than coming from 2-Zero down to the 29-year-old within the deciding set to clinch his 80th ATP title in precisely two hours.
Because the creation of the Masters 1000 in 2009, Djokovic is the one participant to declare all 9 occasions – often known as the Profession Golden Masters – and this victory means he has achieved the feat twice.
Raonic, a former world quantity three, gained the final of his eight ATP titles in 2016 and was searching for to develop into the primary unseeded winner of the occasion.
He had not overwhelmed Djokovic in 10 earlier conferences however produced some very good strokeplay to dominate the opening set.
Djokovic performed the longest match of the event when he took greater than three hours to beat Roberto Bautista Agut in Friday’s semi-final and illustrated his stamina and resolve once more to lengthen his document in 2021 to 23-0.
The occasion is often held in Ohio however has been switched to New York to cut back pointless participant journey earlier than the US Open in the identical metropolis beginning on Monday.
