Novak Djokovic Archives: 12/2010

Tennis’ elite have less of a winter respite than we are led to believe, writes Marianne Bevis

Perhaps 2010 was not Novak Djokovic’s best year. Perhaps he did not close it as the top player in the world. And perhaps he made earlier exits from some events than he should have done

And so 2010 ends much as it began, with the same four men muscling out the rest for tennis’s top spots, just as they had done the year before

The ATP World Tour Finals in London brought the climax to the 2010 tennis season that most fans dreamed of