{"id":470174,"date":"2023-11-18T19:11:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T23:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=470174"},"modified":"2023-11-18T19:11:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T23:11:39","slug":"djokovic-beats-alcaraz-in-straight-sets-to-reach-the-final-in-turin","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/djokovic-beats-alcaraz-in-straight-sets-to-reach-the-final-in-turin\/","title":{"rendered":"Djokovic beats Alcaraz in straight sets to reach the final in Turin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic, world number 1, won against world number 2, Carlos Alcaraz, 2-0 sets and will have the chance to win his 7<sup>th<\/sup> ATP Finals title on Sunday against Italian Jannik Sinner in Turin.<\/p>\n<p>A single break point was enough for the world number 1 to close the 1<sup>st<\/sup> set as his Spaniard opponent had 2 break point opportunities, but Nole saved them both.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RUTHLESS \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DjokerNole?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@djokernole<\/a> dispatches Alcaraz to set up a BLOCKBUSTER rematch against Sinner in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NittoATPFinals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NittoATPFinals<\/a> Final! \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Wyy9eGKSZ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/2Wyy9eGKSZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tennis TV (@TennisTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TennisTV\/status\/1725993142044762407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> set, Alcaraz showed phenomenal tennis during the middle of the set, but Djokovic matched his level and even played even better in the crucial moments; as in the end, Novak ended up converting 2 breaks from 6 chances and won the set 6-2 to clinch ATP Finals for a 9<sup>th<\/sup> time in his career.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Djokovic d. Alcaraz 6-3 6-2<\/p>\n<p>In a rivalry that\u2019s been very competitive, this match was all Novak. Carlos served at 86% today &amp; still lost in straight sets.<\/p>\n<p>Novak ties Ivan Lendl for the 2nd most finals at this event of all-time.<\/p>\n<p>\u27059th final at ATP Finals<\/p>\n<p>More history. \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZSXTOqAuX7\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ZSXTOqAuX7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTennisLetter\/status\/1725992392137068602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The clash against world number 4, Jannik Sinner, is on Sunday at Pala Alpitour in Turin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Novak Djokovic &amp; Jannik Sinner will face each other in the final of the ATP Finals.<\/p>\n<p>Novak leads the head to head 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>But Jannik is playing the tennis of his life.<\/p>\n<p>The only match Novak has lost since Wimbledon was to Jannik this week in Turin.<\/p>\n<p>Who wins? \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aGScx0L5N6\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/aGScx0L5N6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTennisLetter\/status\/1725992934636687432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic, world number 1, won against world number 2, Carlos Alcaraz, 2-0 sets and will have the chance to win his 7th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":470175,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16864,16732,16740,18069],"news_category":[16714,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[3325,17857,17855,18071],"acf":{"announce":"Nole will face Sinner in the match for the trophy at the ATP Finals.","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/470174"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/470174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470177,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/470174\/revisions\/470177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470174"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=470174"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=470174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}