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Djokovic beats Rune and will finish the year as world number 1
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Nole won his opening match in Turin after 3 sets.

Novak Djokovic, world number 1, won against world number 10, Holger Rune, 2-1 after an epic match that lasted more than 3 hours in Turin, which means that the Serbian will finish 2023 as world number 1 no matter what happens until the end of the tournament.

Both players converted 1 break in the 1st set, and it was decided after a tiebreak, as Nole was able to win it 7-4 points.

The same thing happened in the 2nd set as both Nole and Holger converted a break each, and again, the set was decided in a tiebreak. However, this time, the Scandinavian player dominated and won the 1st 6 points in the tiebreak and closed the 2nd set with 7-1 points.

In the deciding set, Djokovic showed why he is the best player in the world and converted 2 break points from 4 opportunities while allowing only 1 break point to Rune, which he converted, but it was not enough for anything more than a 6-3 defeat in the 3rd set.