Novak Djokovic wins the Serbia Open to capture his 23rd title

Djokovic continued his undefeated run on tour this season as he took down his fifth title of the year.

Novak Djokovic defeated Feliciano Lopez of Spain in the championship match from ATP Belgrade on Sunday.

Djokovic faced a little bit of a challenge in the match as Lopez took the world number two to a tiebreaker. However Djokovic, like top players often do, won the tense points and then the Serbian raced to a straight sets victory after that. 

The match ended at 7-6, 6-2 with Djokovic claiming both his 5th title of the 2011 season and his 23rd title overall in his career.

Djokovic will now prepare for the 2011 ATP Madrid Masters draw, a tournament that has already seen some results come in for the main draw.

The Madrid Masters is a significant because it will be the first clay court event of 2011 that has both Rafael Nadal and Djokovic in it. Djokovic was expected to play in Monte-Carlo in April however he withdrew with a knee problem and that enabled Nadal to win the title without having to face the world number two.