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| Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates with his trophy during the awarding ceremony for the men's singles of the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing, China, Oct. 5, 2014. Novak Djokovic defeated Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic by 2-0 in the final to claim the champion. (Xinhua/Li Wen) |
BEIJING, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- World No. 1 Novak Djokovic improved to a 24-0 mark at the China Open as he won his fifth title in Beijing with a masterclass performance to defeat Czech Tomas Berdych 6-0, 6-2 on Sunday.
The Serb has not dropped a set all week in adding to the trophies he won in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013.
Top seed Djokovic looked on course for a double bagel scoreline as he served for the match at 5-0 in the second set. But Berdych, having already offered his racquet to a ball kid in desperation, dug in to restore some pride before Djokovic served out victory at the second attempt in 67 minutes.
In the pair's first meeting this season, Djokovic improved to a 16-2 lead in their head to head series.
The 29-year-old Berdych had been chasing valuable points in the ATP Race to London. The Czech is up to No. 7 after reaching the Beijing final and maintained his position with Milos Raonic also losing in the Tokyo final. [ "I met somebody in the final who I've never seen before," said Berdych, who won the Beijing title in 2011. "The way that he performed today was really outstanding. There is really not much I can add to that because, really, I was just swept off the court."
"I just said to my coach now that I probably played over 700 matches in my career, and I met guys like Andre, Roger, all those probably in their best times. But I have never, ever experienced anything like that."
The 27-year-old Djokovic captured an ATP World Tour-best fifth tour-level title of the year and the 46th of his career. The Belgrade native was victorious at Wimbledon and three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells, Miami and Rome.
Djokovic will now look to extend his winning run at next week's Shanghai Rolex Masters. The Serb spoke at the start of his Beijing campaign of his desire to finish the season at world No. 1 ATP Rankings.
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