Djokovic makes history with fifth Masters title of the season

Aug 14, 2011, 22:45 GMT

Montreal - Novak Djokovic beat American Mardy Fish 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 on Sunday for the Montreal title, becoming the first man to win five ATP Masters 1000 tournaments in the same season.

Djokovic, who was crowned world number one after winning Wimbledon, has now claimed his ninth title of the season, in which he has won 53 of 54 matches played.

He has previously taken 2011 Masters honours at Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Rome.

Djokovic came through on his fourth match point after Fish saved three on errors from the Serb, also the Canadian champion in 2007. A service winner after two hours, 23 minutes finally earned the victory.

Fish was playing in his third straight final of the summer after winning Atlanta and playing the Los Angeles final.

Djokovic now stands 7-0 over Fish, the sixth seed.

'I'm not getting tired of this (victories) - it was a pleasure playing against Mardy. My team and I have done it again,' said Djokovic, who ended with a service winner. 'It's so great to win another title. We played a great match. I had a few lucky points in the third set to break.'

Djokovic won a title in his first event since becoming the top-ranked player, duplicating the feat by Pete Sampras in 1993 in Hong Kong.

Djokovic has now won 27 of his 40 career finals. Fish was the only player this week to take a set from the Serb, who finished with four aces and three breaks of serve.

'It was another great effort from Novak. I'm getting a bit tired of this, though,' Fish joked after another career defeat by the Serb.

Both players travel to Cincinnati, Ohio, for next week's Masters, the last big tuneup before the start of the US Open on August 29.

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