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China Open
Beijing, China

RESULTS – SUNDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2015

Singles – Final
[1] N. Djokovic (SRB) d [3] R. Nadal (ESP) 62 62

Doubles – Final
V. Pospisil (CAN) / J. Sock (USA) d [4] D. Nestor (CAN) / E. Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 36 63 10-6

DJOKOVIC STREAKS TO SIXTH BEIJING CROWN; POSPISIL/SOCK TRIUMPH

– Top seed Novak Djokovic extended his ruthless run in Beijing with a sixth title, improving to 29-0 in the Chinese capital.
– In capturing his 56th tour-level trophy and eighth of the year, Djokovic moved to 68-5 in 2015 and 23-4 against Top 10 opponents.
– The World No. 1 has now won seven of his last eight meetings with Nadal, who remains in front in their FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry 23-22.
– Nadal fell to 67-30 in tour-level finals, taking home 300 points in the Emirates ATP Race To London.
– Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock rallied from a set and a break down to capture their fourth team title and second of the year (Indian Wells).
– The Canadian-American pair move up one spot to No. 9 in the Emirates ATP Race To London, with six of the eight spots left up for grabs at next month’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID

Djokovic: “The scoreline, especially in the first set, doesn’t indicate the real battle that we had on the court. I’m aware of the fact that very few points can decide a winner of the matches I play against the biggest rivals, and Rafa is definitely one of them. He’s the kind of player that is a champion and understands the kind of challenge that a big match presents. He knows how to play on the big stage for the titles. He has won so many.

“This positive week definitely encourages me and gives me a lot of confidence for Shanghai.”

Nadal: “I’m very happy the way that I played this week, especially because I was able to improve every single match. Especially in the quarter-finals after that first set against Sock, I changed that dynamic. I played closer to the baseline. Yesterday I played a good match and today I played a good match.”

Pospisil: “We really turned it up in the second set. I don’t think we missed a ball from the middle of the set until the end of the match. We enjoyed our whole week here, and that’s the main thing when you’re playing well.”

Sock: “We had a bit of a dry spell during the summer. But to bounce back and win a title here is great. We feel like we can beat any team when we’re playing well. We were able to get our mojo back.”

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