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Patna : Top seed Novak Djokovic, 33, Serbia, beat unseeded Milos Raonic, 29, Canada, in a close contest in the final to win the men’s singles title at 2020 Westrern & Southern Open tennis tournament at Newyork, USA, on August 29, 2020, late night. It was Djokovic’s 80th career title.
World No 1 beat Djokovic defeated Raonic 1-6,6-3,6-4 in the final rallying back from one set down. Raonic was all over Djokovic in the first set.Djokovic had also taken three-sets to beat 8th seed Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, in the semi-finals.
Raonic fired 10 Aces in the match to just 2 by the Serbian. Both the players won 3 break points each in the match. Djokovic committed 5 double faults to 3 by the Canadian. Raonic’s winning percentage on his first serve was 76% compared to 74% of Djokovic’s. But, Djokovic’s winning percentage on his second serve was much higher (56%) to 45 % of Raonic’s.