Djokovic defends Paris Masters title with 600th career victory

It took the 27-year-old Serbian one hour 23 minutes to brush aside the 23-year-old sensation 6-2, 6-3 to lift the tree-shaped crystal trophy and go further en route to ending the year on top, Xinhua reports.

With the victory, coming in the first tournament that Djokovic has taken since becoming a father, Djokovic increases his lead over Roger Federer in the rankings to 1,310 points before the ATP Finals in London on Nov. 9-16. "I played the best match of the entire week today when it was most needed," commented the Serbian after the match. "I got a lot of returns back and just overall extremely happy with the performance," he added. Breaking service in as early as the second game and holding off a right calf strain while leading 4-2, Djokovic, being impressive from the baseline and solid on serve, wrapped up the first set by breaking a second serve after Raonic committed double faults in the game. Rushing into the second set, the Serbian, saving all of his four break points throughout the match, again converted an early break service, which is enough for the defending champion. "I thought he played some great tennis, having neutralized my serve well," said Raonic after the match. "Even when I was able to open him on the backhand side, he was moving really well." The big server, who needed to unpack a second racket by the end of the second set, came close to a break in the first set as he took eight points in a row but failed to convert three straight break opportunities. "I believe I did serve better against Roger," said the Canadian, who ousted world No. 2 Roger Federer in surprise at the quarterfinals two days ago. "Whereas Novak today, every time he put his racket on the ball, he was making me play deep."