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World #1 Novak Djokovic amazing 2011 season ended with a whimper on Friday when he lost his second consecutive match at the ATP World Tour finals in London,
failing to qualify for the semifinal round. Djokovic lost 3-6 6-3 6-3 to compatriot
Janko Tipsarevic a few days after he was demolished in straight sets by
David Ferrer 6-3 6-1. Djokovic's only win was a 3rd set tiebreak win where he saved match point against
Tomas Berdych. Berdych and Ferrer will be in the semifinalis from Group A, since both the original higher ranked players,
Andy Murray and
Djokovic failed to make it through the round-robin plays (with Murray withdrawing from the tournament after losing in straight sets to Ferrer).
Earlier,
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga had qualified for the semifinals by eliminating
Rafael Nadal 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3 and
Roger Federer became the first player to qualify while remaining undefeated (and now on a 15-match winning streak) by dismissing
Mardy Fish.
Djokovic's 2011 season was still remarkable ending with a 70-6 record (losses to Federer, Murray,
Juan Martin del Potro, Kei Nishikori, Ferrer, and Tipsarevic) that includes 3 major titles and 5 Masters series titles and a 41-match winning streak.
The year's last tournament will conclude with Federer facing Berdych and Tsonga facing Ferrer in the semifinals
