Serbia’s Novak Djokovic plays a return to Japan’s Kei Nishikori during their ATP World Tour Finals tennis match at the O2 Arena in London, England, Sunday Nov. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
Novak Djokovic stretched his winning streak to 15 straight at theATP finals by beating Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-1 yesterday.
The top-ranked Serb has not lost at the season-ending tournament at the O2 Arena since 2011. He has won three straight titles since then.
Before the match, the ATP held a minute’s silence for the victims of the Paris attacks. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Friday’s attacks on the Stade de France, a concert hall and Paris cafes that left 129 people dead and more than 350 wounded, 99 of them seriously.
In the round robin group’s late match, Roger Federer will face Tomas Berdych.
Nishikori beat Djokovic in the 2014 U.S. Open semifinals, but the 25-year-old Japanese player has lost to the 10-time Grand Slam champion four times since then.
On Sunday, Djokovic lost only nine points on his serve and never faced a break point. With Nishikori serving, Djokovic won 30 of the 53 points.
Djokovic is having the best season of his career. He reached the final at all four Grand Slam tournaments, winning three of them. His only loss in a major this year came in the French Open final, when Stan Wawrinka beat him in four sets.
Besides his run at the ATP finals, Djokovic has won 38 straight matches indoors, a streak stretching back to 2012.
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