Shanghai Rolex Masters 2015 Final: Djokovic vs. Tsonga Score and Reaction

Novak Djokovic defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2, 6-4 on Sunday to become the first player to win three Shanghai Rolex Masters titles in the competition's history, claiming his 25th career Masters crown.

The Serbian sealed his hat-trick with a decisive straight-sets victory over Frenchman Tsonga, who despite managing a big upset over Rafael Nadal in Saturday's semi, crumbled under the force of the world No. 1.

Tsonga faced 13 break points in total, while Djokovic was troubled on serve only once, per the official ATP World Tour website. Speaking to the official ATP World Tour website, Tsonga confessed he was "very satisfied" with the runners-up finish:

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The first set went quick. It's not easy to stop him. He is really consistent on his return. Today I didn't serve well enough, especially in the first set. After that, in the second, I served a little bit better, and it give me opportunity to have a chance on his serve. But finally I was not able to do it, and he broke me at 4-all.

I'm very satisfied. To come back at your best level, it's always a long process. I'm happy today to be back really close to the Top 10. Like I said just before, it give me energy to continue to work hard and try to achieve other good things.

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Just as was the case in his own semi-final against world No. 2 Andy Murray a day earlier, Djokovic proved unrelenting on Shanghai's hard court and rapidly claimed the first set.

The all-round movement of the world No. 1 proved impossible for Tsonga to restrain and the Frenchman's confidence was rocked after being broken in his two opening service games for Djokovic to claim a 3-0 lead.

Tsonga was partly to blame for that demise as a poor drop shot was responsible for the second break, but USA Today's Juan Jose Vallejo couldn't help but marvel at Djokovic's return game:

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Tsonga broke back in the fourth, but order was quickly restored when Djokovic broke to love in the next, clearly affronted by the stain on his own serve.

Djokovic quickly wrapped up the set—despite Tsonga saving four break points—and Tennis TV illustrated how much of a problem Tsonga's second serve was proving, winning just 11 percent of those points:

Calling on the same comeback spirit shown against Nadal, it was therefore almost eerie to see the Frenchman's serve galvanised in the second set.

Not only was Tsonga competitive after falling so far short in the first, he almost looked dominant from the baseline at times, but Djokovic always remained confident.

In fact, the 2012 and 2013 champion failed to surrender a single point in each of his first three service games. While Tsonga was pushed to deuce in each of his, the scores advanced to 4-4 deep into the second set.

One of the main areas in which Tsonga did look clearly inferior, however, was his backhand, and patience proved to be a key factor for Djokovic when it came to tempting his opponent into utilising it.

Tsonga's crucial collapse was almost cruelly timed, as he surrendered the first break of the second set to trail 5-4 and give Djokovic his chance to serve for the championship.

A monstrous second set finished with the three-time Shanghai champion losing just one service point—equal to 95 percent—to win his 10th title in China and the 57th of an already glistening career.