Roger Federer v Novak Djokovic, ATP World Tour final: live Federer* 3-2 Djokovic Magnifique! Chouette! First point is utter brilliance. Federer drills every return, Djokovic happy to soak it up. After a 20-shot of brutality, the Swiss hits an incredible backhand winner down the lines. Cue uproar. But Djokovic doesn't know the word beaten and rallies to 30-15 before Fed sends another crunching backhand wide after a deep forehand which unhinges the Serb. Back comes the world No 1, his first break point chance. It duly arrives as Fed goes long with a fierce backhand. One of his few errors. DJOKOVIC BREAKS (and we all need one already) Federer 3-1 Djokovic* The Serbian's game has finally reached the 02. He's found his rhythm and controls the longest point of the match - over 10 thwacks - with Federer looking to keep things short and sweet. That will favour Djoko all night long. But Federer rallies and lacerates one backhand winner past the Serb. He tries the same approach next up, aiming for another short rally, but this thunderbolt goes just wide. We're back to deuce with a Serbian forehand error and his head, not for the first time, is down. But he holds with a crunching winner. Federer* 3-0 Djokovic Timing lacking from the Serb, implicit from Federer. But Djoko wins his first point to tumultuous applause from this knowledgable crowd (definitely less of the corporate feel tonight). Lots of gung-ho tennis at 30-15. Federer conjures a forehand drop, Djokovic reaches cross court, Federer lobs, the Serb nets. Bundles of screeching shoe noises from the Serb already. At 40-30, Federer sends a wickedly kicking second serve out wide and sends Djoko's return into an empty court. Peerless start. Federer 2-0 Djokovic* They say the first point against the serve is pivotal and Federer continues his excellence. It's countered with a Djokovic mishit at the net and Federer whips a forehand winner, wrongfooting the world No 1. To compound the misery, he then strikes his second unforced error long. Three breaks for Fed, who takes it on the first of them as Djokovic, off balance, hits low into the net from behind the baseline. Federer* 1-0 Djokovic Off and running. Federer racks up an ace down the middle to start us off before forcing Djoko into a backhand error off a serve out wide. Variety the key and the Swiss angles an ace out wide. The icing? Another blistering serve, Djoko's return is a decent height for the advancing Fed, who puts away the volley like he's just enjoyed a vintage Christmas dinner. 20.10 Enough already! Final stat for you: Federer has only run 88 miles on court this year, while Djokovic comes in at 109 miles, nearly a whole marathon more. 20.05 Djokovic calls heads. It's t'other and Federer chooses to serve. Any advantage will do. It has to be said, there is quite a frenzied atmosphere in tonight. 20.00 Usual last minute interviews in the tunnel. All fairly pointless and nothing we haven't heard. Do I sound ready for this? Just wait for their entrances. 19.50 Mark Petchey has overseen the after-match interviews this week and now he's on ceremony duties. He is forever turning into the Athers of the tennis world. Though he does seem to be losing his voice. 19.45 Huge joy and body pumping on the doubles' court. Debutants Granollers and Lopez have beaten the Indian pair, Bhupathi and Bopanna, 7-5, 3-6, 10-3 and the singles' finale is next. The Spanish duo head to the Davis Cup final in buoyant mood. 19.40 And here's Djokovic on the looming showdown. Sound's like we won't be seeing any bagels tonight: 19.30 Another numbers game for you. Tonight's figure? £1,100,000... If Djokovic - the only player unbeaten over the last week - wins tonight he will collect the full "unbeaten" prize fund of $1.76m. Each round-robin victory is worth a mere £82k, so the equivalent figure for a player who lost a mtach on the way to the final would be a cool £1m. 19.10 This showdown warrants a stats festival. Here's one for you: since November 2010, The Fed is 32-2 on indoor hardcourts, with both losses coming to Juan Martin Del Potro. 18.55 So, judging by Oliver Brown's eyewitness report last night, the clamour will be more Basle than Belgrade inside the 02 tonight. 18.50 Do you feel the love like Federer? Is it going to be Basle comes to Greenwich, as per last night? I think for both of us it's pretty straightforward. We've got to press out the last juice that's left in our body and make it a successful year end, even though it's been successful for everybody who has been taking part in this tournament. 18.45 WTF form guide tells us that The Fed has ruled the roost since the tournament moved to London three years' ago and the Swiss maestro will aim to make it a hat-trick of titles tonight (his seventh in total). Meanwhile, the Serb was the champion in 2008 in Shanghai but has not reached the final since. Nevertheless, six of the last seven WTF titles have been won by these two beasts of the court. 18.30 Good evening and welcome to the denouement of this year's World Tour Finals. The final. Naturally, it's the top two players in the world who are the final men standing. First impressions? Djokovic looks knackered, while this is Federer's to lose. Which means a three-set thriller, right?