Novak Djokovic beat friend and rival Andy Murray 6-2, 6-4 to win his fourth Paris Masters and additionally he becomes the first player to ever win six Masters 1000 events in a single season.

Some of Novak’s numbers:
– Djokovic is now 27-4 against Top 10 opponents this year.
~ Djokovic won his 26th Masters 1000 crown, 58th overall.
~ Djokovic becomes the first player to ever win six …

No major surprise, the top two players in the world, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, somewhat fittingly finish the 2015 Masters season battling for the last prize in the series Sunday in Paris.

The two arrive into the final in relative comfort.

Earlier today in the semifinals, Andy Murray outlasted David Ferrer 6-4, 6-3, in the opener. It wasn’t Murray’s best performance – he was broken in both sets – but he …

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, David Ferrer and Stan Wawrinka moved into the semifinals with thrilling wins on Friday at the Masters Paris.

Defending champion and world No. 1 Djokovic won his 20th consecutive match (and 28th straight set) by edging No. 5 seed and former Paris winner Tomas Berdych 7-6(3), 7-6(8). The Czech held set points in both sets but couldn’t convert against the stingy Djokovic.

“I definitely didn’t …

With all of the Top 10 players on court Thursday and only eight spots in the quarterfinals available, someone had to lose today in Paris. And the biggest stunner was Roger Federer as the Swiss was bounced by American John Isner in 7-6, 3-6, 7-6.

“When I saw the draw and I saw I had a possibility of playing him in the second round,” Federer said. “It’s the kind of draw …

Simona Halep confirmed that Australian Darren Cahill will be her new coach for the upcoming season. Cahill, who was part of a now-defunct Adidas support team, has been helping Halep since the summer when she parted with Victor Ionița.

“Starting January 2016, my personal coach will be Darren Cahill,” Halep wrote on Facebook earlier today.

Previously, Halep was under the tutelage of former Kim Clijsters coach Wim Fissette, but they shockingly split …

For those who didn’t believe Serena’s story that she chased down a thief who stole her phone during dinner Tuesday night in San Francisco, here’s the video proof:

The incident took place at the Mission Chinese restaurant in San Francisco. The restaurant chef and co-founder acknowledged as much with this cryptic tweet yesterday:

Serena Williams !

— james daniel bowien (@dannybowien) November …

Coming off a title run in Basel with the championship win over Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer continued his ass-kicking, name-taking run in his opener at the Masters Paris on Wednesday, manhandling Italian Andreas Seppi, who has defeated him earlier this year in Australia, 6-1, 6-1 to advance to a meeting with American John Isner.

“It’s very pleasant to play matches like this one,” said Federer after logging 47 minutes of work …

Grigor Dimitrov showed off some more of his incredible shotmaking skills and questionable shot selection earlier today in the Paris Indoors. Facing former US Open champion Marin Cilic, the Bulgarian opted to hit a volley between his legs. He won the point as Cilic – maybe stunned at Dimitrov’s choice – missed a forehand pass.

But other than because he can, why do it?

Serena Williams told an interesting story via Facebook this morning. The World No. 1 was eating Chinese food for dinner yesterday when a suspicious man grabbed her phone and ran out of the restaurant.

Serena went into superhero mode, chased him down and got it back, returning to a standing ovation at the restaurant.

Her story:
Soooooo yesterday at dinner the CRAZIEST THING happened to me. I was sitting enjoying some Chinese …

According to her coach Patrick Mouratoglou, Serena Williams is having the same knee issues that Rafael Nadal has suffered from.

“It’s the same as Rafa,” Mouratoglou told ESPN.com. “It’s just playing for so many years, the cartilage is [almost] gone. Not all of it, but a big part, so the bones just hit themselves.

“She has bone bruises, and if you keep on playing with this for too long, too much, …

French shotmaker Benoit Paire hit one of the better drop shots you will see this season. In the first round at the Paris Indoors, Paire eventually lost to countryman Gilles Simon in three sets, but he pulled off the shot of the event thus far:

Novak Djokovic opened his Paris title defense with a tough 7-5, 6-3 win over Brazilian lefty Thomaz Bellucci.

“Bellucci is someone who likes these particular conditions, likes to create spin, especially from forehand side and plays pretty well,” said Djokovic. “It wasn’t easy to make a lot of winners. He was reaching out and covering the court well. So it was a good test, first indoor match for me.”

Djokovic’s win extended …

Andy Murray ended speculation by confirming that he’ll play the ATP Finals at the O2 in London later this month.

“My intention is to play at the O2,” Murray told the Telegraph.

With an eye toward the Davis Cup final in Belgium on clay, Murray warned he might not be available for the Finals because of the quick surface change.

Murray is playing in Paris this week where he will play …

It’s a special week for Novak Djokovic as the Serb has reached another milestone. This week marks the 171st week that Djokovic has spent atop the ATP Rankings. That moves him past John McEnroe and into 5th all-time on the ranking list.

ATP All-Time Weeks At No. 1
302 Roger Federer
286 Pete Sampras
270 Ivan Lendl
268 Jimmy Connors
171 Novak Djokovic
170 John McEnroe

“You’ve got to have the self discipline and the dedication, devotion, but …

Federer-Nadal Heavyweight Basel Final Stays with Swiss

Roger Federer beat Rafael Nadal for the first time in 3-1/2 years on Sunday, claiming a seventh Basel title with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 win over the Spaniard. it was the first win for the Swiss over Nadal since Indian Wells in 2012.

Federer in the third set received a gift break on a Nadal double fault, then eventually broke again for a 5-3 lead …