{"id":12444,"date":"2020-12-21T18:51:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T19:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=12444"},"modified":"2020-12-21T21:28:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T21:28:24","slug":"federer-wins-atp-award-for-18th-consecutive-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=12444","title":{"rendered":"Federer wins ATP award for 18th consecutive year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Frances Tiafoe were among the winners of the ATP&#x27;s top awards for 2020 on Monday (Tuesday AEDT).<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic was the year-end No.1 for a record-equalling sixth time after winning four titles, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-wins-eighth-australian-open-title\/3610d040-0474-4504-9547-7460b9adc730\" title=\"record eighth Australian Open\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">record eighth Australian Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>US Open champions Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares are the doubles No. 1s.<\/p>\n<p>Federer, who played only six singles all year, was the singles fans&#x27; favorite for a record-extending 18th straight year, and Nadal received the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for the third year straight and fourth time overall after winning a 13th Roland Garros crown.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"1568ce35-6b83-4899-b86b-89d8f02f45f1\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/1568ce35-6b83-4899-b86b-89d8f02f45f1\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Andrey Rublev of Russia was the most improved in rising from No.23 to a career-high No.8 after winning five titles, more than anyone else on the tour.<\/p>\n<p>Tiafoe was given the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award for his social activity. The American auctioned signed memorabilia to Athletes for COVID-19 Relief and posted a video that united the Black tennis community in the wake of George Floyd&#x27;s killing.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old Carlos Alcaraz of Spain was the newcomer of the year after winning three Challengers.<\/p>\n<p>Vasek Pospisil is the comeback player of the year after undergoing back surgery in 2019. The Canadian reached two finals and rose to No.61 after dropping to No.150 in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Frances Tiafoe were among the winners of the ATP&#x27;s top awards for 2020 on Monday (Tuesday AEDT). Djokovic <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=12444\" title=\"Federer wins ATP award for 18th consecutive year\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12444"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12446,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12444\/revisions\/12446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}