Novak Djokovic beats Kei Nishkori to claim Toronto title

Ontario: World number one Novak Djokovic defeated Japan`s Kei Nishikori 6-3, 7-5 Sunday to win the Toronto hardcourt tournament and claim his 66th career singles title.

The Serb top seed collected his seventh trophy of the season as he duplicated his win over Asia`s top player three months ago in the Miami final.

Djokovic improved to 10-2 in the series as he handed Nishikori a defeat in just 81 minutes.

Djokovic now leads the Masters 1000 winner list by two over Rafael Nadal (28).

Nishikori was run down in the first hour of play before staking a brief claim on the contest.

The Japanese player recovered from a break down in the second set, leveling at 3-all and taking his first lead over Djokovic 4-3 in the next game.

But Djokovic re-established himself with a break for 6-5, taking victory a game later on his third match point with a service winner that flew off Nishikori`s racket.

Djokovic credited his serve for seeing him through.

Djokovic finished with 13 winners as he improved to 51-4 this season.

He now heads to the Rio Olympics to battle for gold: “It`s gonna be a great honor and pleasure to be part of such a renowned and recognized sporting event. The Olympics are really special, I will give my best to fight for a medal.”

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