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Cameron Norrie's stellar season ended with a chastening defeat by Novak Djokovic at the ATP Finals in Turin.
The British No 1 took on the world No 1 for the first time in a fitting end to the best year of his career.
His reward for 50 match wins, a maiden ATP title at Indian Wells and a climb to 12th in the world was entry into the Finals as second alternate following injuries to Matteo Berrettini and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
World No 1 Novak Djokovic will face Alexander Zverev in the last four at the ATP Finals in Turin
Defeat by Casper Ruud scuppered any chance of progressing to the semi-finals and with Djokovic already through, the round-robin stage ended with a dead rubber.
But if anyone queried five-time winner Djokovic's motivation he immediately proved them wrong, racing away with the first set in 28 minutes.
Norrie, 26, had his moments; a couple of sizzling passing shots and a break point in the second.
But he was left in no doubt about the gulf in class between Djokovic and those in the chasing pack following a
