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Novak Djokovic shrugged off a brave challenge from the home favorite Gal Monfils to clinch the Paris Masters title with a 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 win. Djokovic, the world No3, who had outclassed Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals and had dropped only one set en route to the final, had to dig deep to win his second title in as many weeks.Outplayed at first, Monfils, seeded 15th, delighted a partisan 14,000 crowd at the Bercy hall by fighting back to win the second set and recovering from 4-1 down to level the decisive set before losing it 7-3 in a tiebreak.The Serb, who defeated the world No1 Roger Federer in the Basle final last week, showed signs of nerves at times and had to wait for Monfils to double-fault on the first match point to seal victory after two hours 43 minutes.
