BELGRADE Novak Djokovic has said he had mixed feelings about ending a \u201cstrange year\u201d as the world number one for a sixth time after the season was hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Djokovic won a recordextending eighth Australian Open as well as a record 36th Masters title in Rome, winning four singles titles in all en route to the year-ending number one ranking. The 33-year-old has a 39-3 record in a season that saw numerous tournaments suspended or cancelled between March and August due to the coronavirus outbreak, which has killed more than 1.3 million people worldwide. \u201cObviously, I\u2019m super proud of it, but I have mixed emotions because of what\u2019s going on in the world,\u201d Djokovic told the ATP Tour website. \u201cI can\u2019t be ignorant to that, although I have achieved one of the biggest goals in sport. I feel for many people in the world going through hardship and my heart goes out to them.\u201d Djokovic\u2019s feat saw him go level with childhood hero Pete Sampras who ended the year as number one six times from 1993 to 1998. The Serb begins his quest for a record-equalling sixth ATP Finals title when he takes on Argentina\u2019s <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BELGRADE Novak Djokovic has said he had mixed feelings about ending a \u201cstrange year\u201d as the world number one for a sixth time after the season was hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Djokovic won a recordextending eighth Australian Open as well as a record 36th Masters title in Rome, winning four singles titles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-156737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n