- World No 1 beats debutant Diego Schwarzman 6-3, 6-2
- ‘It feels very strange to play in front of empty stands’
It is 50 years since Stan Smith edged out Rod Laver and the other great players of his day to win the game’s first season-ending tournament in a totally unsuitable hall in Tokyo but this farewell 12th edition in London is struggling to create the atmosphere of a bad school-sports day.
Certainly records are still tumbling, many at the feet of Novak Djokovic, who this week celebrates a successful if disjointed 2020 as the world No 1 for the sixth time, alongside Pete Sampras in the game’s modern history.
