Andy Murray vs Novak Djokovic live: Murray beats Djokovic to win the ATP Finals and clinch world No 1 ranking
Murray beat Djokovic for just the second time to win the ATP World Tour Finals title and secure his end-of-year world number one ranking
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Your support makes all the difference.Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic in the at the final of the ATP World Tour Finals, to win in London for the first time and secure his place as world No 1 for the end of the season. Re-live the action here.
- Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4
- Murray wins the ATP World Tour Finals for the first time
- Murray also ends the year as the world No 1 after over-taking Djokovic
- Briton adds crown to his Wimbledon title and Olympic gold medal earlier in the year
- Murray beat Marin Cilic, Kei Nishikori, Stan Wawrinka and Milos Raonic to reach final
- Djokovic defeated Dominic Thiem, Gael Monfils, Raonic and Nishikori
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Hello all and welcome to the Independent's live coverage of the ATP World Tour Finals as Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic go head-to-head once again. There's plenty up for grabs today with both the ATP Finals title and world number one ranking on the line. It should be a thrilling evening of tennis so make sure to tuned as we bring you all the build-up to today's showdown!
The road to the final hasn't been easy for Murray. He had to dig deep to overcome Milos Raonic in a match that lasted three hours and 38 minutes. Read Paul Newman's report here:
Who's favourite? Where can you watch it? Their last five encounters? Everything you need to know.
Four days after his three-hours-and-20-minutes epic against Kei Nishikori, Murray again broke the record for the longest three-set match in the history of the tournament after beating Milos Raonic in three hours and 38 minutes.
The Scot no doubt would rather not have his name inked in the history books in this way for, as remarkable an athlete as he is, he has surely severely compromised his chances of lifting the trophy and therefore holding onto top spot.
Murray immediately went into recovery mode after the match, spending 10 minutes in the ice bath before a session of stretching and a massage from physio Shane Annun.
Andy Murray sits during his draining match against Raonic
Speaking afterwards, he said: "I don't know how I'll feel tomorrow. Obviously I'm tired just now because it was a really hard match. It wasn't just that it was physically hard, it was mentally a tough match, too. It was pretty stressful.
"I was quite far behind obviously in the second set. A set and a break down, I managed to turn it round. Then it was back and forth in the third set.
"Obviously tomorrow is the last day for a while, I get a break after that. I'll just give my best of what I've got. Hopefully it's enough."
Murray's tournament results since the start of the clay-court season:
- Monte Carlo Masters: semi-finals (lost to Nadal)
- Madrid Masters: runner-up (lost to Djokovic)
- Rome Masters: won (beat Djokovic in final)
- French Open: runner-up (lost to Djokovic)
- Queen’s Club: won (beat Raonic in final)
- Wimbledon: won (beat Raonic in final)
- Olympics: won (beat Del Potro in final)
- Cincinnati Masters: runner-up (lost to Cilic)
- US Open: quarter-finals (lost to Nishikori)
- China Open: won (beat Dimitrov in final)
- Shanghai Masters: won (beat Bautista Agut in final)
- Vienna Open: won (beat Tsonga in final)
- Paris Masters: won (beat Isner in final)
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