Djokovic starts with win

Novak Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas for the ninth straight time by 6-4 7-6 (4) in the players’ opening match at the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, yesterday. Djokovic has beaten Tsitsipas in his third straight tournament following wins in Astana, Kazakhstan and at the Paris Masters. Earlier, Andrey Rublev won a 37-shot rally on his fifth match point to seal a 6-7 (7) 6-3 7-6 (7) win over fellow Russian Daniil Medvedev in the other Red Group match. Following his win, Rublev wrote ‘‘Peace, Peace, Peace, All we need,’’ on a TV camera lens in an apparent reference to the war in Ukraine.