Newsinc24 Team World Number One Novak Djokovic has clinched his sixth Wimbledon Tennis title to equal record of 20th Grand Slam trophy after beating seventh-seed Matteo Berrettini of Italy.The 34-year-old Serbian won the Men's single final by 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in three hours and 24 minutes on Sunday night. Djokovic is now level with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the list of most singles Grand Slam titles in men’s history. Djokovic did not loosen his grip in the match as he broke the Italian's serve early in the third set. Berrettini had the chance to break Djokovic's serve but the Serbian managed to save three breakpoints. Djokovic won the set 6-4.
Top seed Djokovic has now won all three Grand Slam men's titles in this year, having already won the Australian Open and the French Open. He is on course for a Career Grand Slam and needs to win the US Open to become the first man since Rod Laver (1969) to do so. Djokovic is only behind Pete Sampras (7) and Roger Federer (8) in the list of players with the most Wimbledon championships in Open era. On Saturday Australian top seed Ashleigh Barty won the Women's singles title after defeating eighth seed Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic. Elise Mertens of Belgium and Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan have clinched Women's Doubles title. Croatian pair and first-seed Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić have won the Men's Doubles final.
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