Djokovic on Federer as spectator: 'I'm not used to seeing you in the stands'
pAs a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a claimed his seventh title of the season over a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/shanghai/5014/overview'Rolex Shanghai Masters/a, there were some familiar faces in the stands./p
pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roger-federer/f324/overview'Roger Federer/a, the two-time Shanghai titlist (2014 amp; 2017), was among those in attendance to witness the World No. 1 delay Djokovicrsquo;s quest to join the Swiss great in surpassing 100 tour-level titles./p
pldquo;Itrsquo;s nice to see Roger, Irsquo;m not used to seeing you in the stands,rdquo; said Djokovic, who fell to a 7-6(4), 6-3 defeat to Sinner in the championship match. ldquo;I wish you were here on the court playing with us, but itrsquo;s probably the first time Irsquo;m playing in front of you, so I had added pressure today.rdquo;/p
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p lang="en" dir="ltr""I wish you were here on the court playing with us..."a href="https://twitter.com/DjokerNole?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@DjokerNole/a is all of us ????a href="https://twitter.com/rogerfederer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@rogerfederer/a | a href="https://twitter.com/SH_RolexMasters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@SH_RolexMasters/a | a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RolexShanghaiMasters?src=hashamp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"#RolexShanghaiMasters/a a href="https://t.co/JLHzdehcj8"pic.twitter.com/JLHzdehcj8/a/p
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pSinner continued his emphatic run on hard courts this season, improving to 8-2 vs. Top-5 players on the surface with his dominant display over record four-time champion Djokovic. The 23-year-oldrsquo;s only two defeats came in Indian Wells and Beijing against fierce rival a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a./p
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pThe Spaniard, alongside coach a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/juan-carlos-ferrero/f316/overview'Juan Carlos Ferrero/a, was also present inside Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena as Sinner claimed his Tour-leading seventh title of 2024 and levelled his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with Djokovic at 4-4./p
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