Djokovic targets year-ending hat-trick

PARIS: Paris Masters champion Novak Djokovic is braced for a triple quickfire challenge of winning the World Tour Finals, the Davis Cup and finishing the year as world number one.

The 26-year-old produced some of his best tennis to defeat Spaniard David Ferrer 7-5, 7-5 in Sunday's final in the French capital as he won not only his third ATP title in a row, but extended his winning streak to 17 matches.

The Australian Open champion, and six-time Grand Slam title winner, is pooled with his Paris semi-final victim Roger Federer as well as Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro and Frenchman Richard Gasquet at the World Tour Finals in London, but has only 48 hours to recover before his opening match against the Swiss legend.

Djokovic claimed his 40th ATP title on Sunday in his eighth final of a year which has seen him win over 60 matches to put him on the heels of Rafael Nadal for the world number one spot. (AFP)