Djokovic cements reign with win

KEY BISCAYNE, FLA .• As tennis’ Big Four ( Djokovic, Nadal, Federer, Murray) has been reduced to the Big One ( Djokovic), the measures of that one’s greatness have become ever more striking.

MONEY:

In winning his t hird straight Miami Open men’s title on Sunday, 6- 3, 6- 3, over Kei Nishikori, Novak Djokovic surpassed Roger Federer as the career prizemoney leader on the ATP Tour. His $ 1,028,300 winner’s cheque put his career winnings at $98,199,548.

TITLES:

Djokovic, still only 28, now holds the career record for ATP Masters 1000 titles with 28, and he extended his streak of consecutive matches won at the Miami Open to 16. He has won 29 of his last 30 matches here dating to 2011, and this was the site of his first ATP Masters 1000 win, in 2007.

RANKINGS:

Djokovic will extend his streak of consecutive weeks holding the No. 1 ranking to 92.

RECORD:

With Sunday’s victory, Djokovic improved to 28-1 for the season and became the first player to win three straight Miami titles since Andre Agassi from 2001 to 2003, also tying Agassi for the most wins at the tournament. Djokovic became just the seventh player in history to win the first two ATP Masters 1000 events back-toback at Indian Wells, California, and at Miami, and he is the only player to win both titles in the same year four times ( 2011, 2014-16). This was his 63rd career title, and he passed his coach, Boris Becker, in career wins, with his 714th. “Boris’ wins by far is the most important record,” Djokovic said. “I had a phone call with him, and we had a laugh about it. Of course I’m very grateful and proud of all the achievements.”

WHAT’S NEXT:

His next stop on the way to the French Open is the Monte Carlo Masters, where he will most likely surpass $ 100 million in career winnings.