Djokovic to finish year as world No. 1

Djokovic to finish year as world No. 1

 LONDON, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Novak Djokovic will overtake Roger Federer in the ATP rankings and finish 2012 as world No. 1, the ATP said on Monday.

The Serb lost his top postion to Federer in July after the 31- year-old won Wimbledon, but he will return to No. 1 next week.

Federer, as defending champion, was beaten in Swiss Indoors final and pulled out of Paris Masters which kicked off on Monday.

The 25-year-old will become the first player to finish consecutive¹ years at No. 1 since Federer.

1 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。