Novak Djokovic, Rohan Bopanna-Matwe Middelkoop win titles in Tel Aviv 

Novak Djokovic defeated Marin Cilic in straight units to win the singles title on the ATP 250 event in Tel Aviv. India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Dutch companion Matwe MIddelkoop gained the doubles title.

Novak Djokovic gained the ATP 250 title in Tel Aviv on Sunday (Reuters Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSNovak Djokovic defeated Marin Cilic in straight unitsDjokovic gained his third title on the tour in 2022Bopanna and Middelkoop gained their first title as a pair in 2022

Novak Djokovic confirmed but once more that he’s slowly however certainly returning to peak type as he cruised to the ATP 250 title in Tel Aviv on Sunday, beating Marin Cilic in straight units within the males’s singles closing. Djokovic defeated second seed Cilic 6-3, 6-4 to win the Tel Aviv Watergen Open Trophy, his third tour-level title in 2022.

Novak Djokovic, who’s giving his finest to succeed in the World Tour Finals regardless of having missed a significant chunk of the season, didn’t drop a set en path to the title in Tel Aviv.

Djokovic appeared in prime type in opposition to his acquainted foe Cilic, who struggled to carry serve, not with the ability to cope up with deep returns from the Serb. Cilic had confronted solely 4 break factors en path to the ultimate however on Sunday, he was beneath hassle.

Djokovic additionally grew to become the primary man to win a minimum of a title on exhausting, clay and grass court docket within the 2022 season. The Serb prolonged his head-to-head file over Cilic to 19-2.

BOPANNA, MIDDELKOOP WIN DOUBLES CROWN

Meanwhile, Rohan Bopanna and his companion Matwe Middelkoop beat Santiago Gonzalez and Andres Molteni within the summit conflict to say the doubles title in Tel Aviv.

The top-seeded Indo-Dutch pair notched up a 6-2 6-4 win over the third-seeded Gonzalez from Mexico and Argentina’s Molteni within the closing.

It was Bopanna’s third title of the season. The 42-year-old Indian had gained two titles this season with compatriot Ramkumar Ramathan in Adelaide and Pune.

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