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Rafael Nadal earned his 10th Italian Open title as he defeated Novak Djokovic 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia that ended on May 16. With this victory, Nadal improved his head-to-head clash with Djokovic to 28-29 out of their 57th meeting overall. Besides, he also earned his 88th tour-level title, surpassing Djokovic (82), in the list of most titles in open era since 1968. 

Tennis ace Novak Djokovic has bagged the year-end No. 1 ranking at the 2020 ATP Awards on December 21. Djokovic earned the accolade for the sixth time, thanks to his four title wins this year including his eighth Australian Open. Meanwhile, Roger Federer won the singles 'Fans' Favorite Award' for a record 18th consecutive year. Besides, Rafael Nadal also bagged his fourth 'Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award'.

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic was awarded the ATP Tour Number One trophy for ending the year 2020 at the top of the rankings. He also levelled Pete Sampras’ record of finishing at the world number one spot for six years after ending 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2020 at the top of the ATP Rankings. He was honored by the ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi at the ongoing Nitto ATP Finals.

Star Tennis Player Rafael Nadal enters the coveted list after beating Feliciano Lopez(Spain) 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 at the Paris Masters, on November 4. With this victory, Nadal has now joined Jimmy Connors (1274), Roger Federer (1242) and Ivan Lendl (1068) who have more than '1000 ATP victories'. "It makes a big difference that the court is empty", said Nadal seeing an empty stadium, marking his second milestone after French Open, last month. 

India’s campaign in the men’s doubles ended as Divij Sharan and Rohan Bopanna faced defeats with their partners at the Astana Open in Kazakhstan. Sharan and his partner Luke Bambridge lost in the quarterfinals to Max Purcell and Luke Saville with 3-6, 5-7. Whereas Bopanna and his partner Frederick Nielsen lost to Marcelo Arevalo and Tomislav Brkic in the first round by 6-7(5), 7-6(3), 10-5.