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Nov 16, 2008, 9:09 GMT

Djokovic wins Masters Cup

Shanghai - Novak Djokovic capped the best season of his career on Sunday as he defeated Russia's Nikolay Davydenko 6-1, 7-5 to win the Masters Cup. A year ago, Djokovic limped home from Shanghai a round-robin loser with a 0-3 record. But the Serb stormed back into contention as he won the Australian Open in January and has now capped his season with similar success. Djokovic raced away to 5-0 in the first before Davydenko could react, with the Russian going down in the 32-minute opener. A break in the third game of the second set for the fired-up Djokovic put the 21-year-old on the road to victory. But the dogged Davydenko had other plans, saving a pair of match points in the tenth game to break and throw it back on serve, 5-all Djokovic took the situation in hand with a re-break and fell to his knees in victory a game later as Davydenko hit the net after one hour, 42 minutes. Djokovic beat Davydenko in group play this week after quitting a Davis Cup match through illness against the Russian in the spring. Djokovic ended his season with a 64-17 record as he claimed his first title since Rome in May and fourth of the season.

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