King of Peking: Djokovic broke his world record with a scandal

Djokovic, however, confirmed his reputation as Pe-King. He has competed in China’s capital 33 times and the 39-year-old walked off the field as the winner just as many times. No other player has ever recorded so many wins in a row at an ATP event. “I still make the young players work hard for their money. I play for moments like this,” says the Serb, who played in the final Vienna starter Alex De Minaur meets (1 p.m. CEST, Sky).

It didn’t help Medvedev to fool Djokovic either. The Russian was aping the old star – it was probably just that Gallows humor. In the end it was him who was disqualified for indiscipline.

Already mwith the quarterfinal victory over the German Alexander Zverev Djokovic continued his flawless streak and set the record. Rafael Nadal had at the French Open between His first 31 games in 2005 and 2009 won before he surprisingly failed in the round of 16 against Swede Robin Söderling.

But Djokovic already set a record in the quarterfinals: MAt 39 years and four months, he is the oldest ATP 500 quarterfinalistsince the series launched in 2009.