Djokovic on finishing as year-end no.1: "It doesn’t depend only on me"

It won't be just a trophy for the champion of the 2019 Nitto ATP Finals in London that Novak Djokovic will be chasing following week, no.1 spot is also in play.

Djokovic is part of the Group Björn Borg joined by Federer, Thiem and Berrettini. Currently, Djokovic is losing 640 points on his main opponent in the battle for the year-end no.1 spot, Rafael Nadal. However, Nadal is having issues with injury, which might make a journey towards place number one easier for Djokovic.

“It is up for grabs for both of us. This tournament is going to decide [it]. He’s in a better position, but after winning Paris-Bercy I put myself in a pretty good position,” Djokovic said. “Obviously it doesn’t depend only on me, it depends on how he does in the tournament. But I’ll try to focus on my matches and obviously right from the beginning, out of the blocks, you have to start with a real intensity and quality of tennis because it’s the elite eight players of the world. There’s no smoothing your way into the tournament, you have to be very sharp from the start.”

“It’s a great motivation of course. I love this sport. I care about of course doing as best as I can, as anybody else, and trying to make the history of tennis is a huge honour and privilege. So I find myself in the very privileged position to this year fight for a sixth title at the [Nitto ATP] Finals, which would equal Roger,” Djokovic said. “But we all have different paths, we all have different journeys and I’m trying to embrace my journey and get the best out of it.”

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