This is a new title that Novak Djokovic will not be able to defend. The Serbian tennis player, now 5 years oldmy in the world ranking, announced on Tuesday, November 5, that he will not participate, from November 10 to 17 in Turin (Italy), in the ATP Masters, which he won in 2023.
In a short message published on his Instagram account, Djokovic, 37, explains that it is “an injury”whose nature he does not specify, which forces him to give up the traditional end-of-season meeting that brings together the eight best players of the year. “I apologize to those who had planned to see me, duck. I wish the best to all the players who will participate in the tournament. See you soon ! »
The Serbian had already thrown in the towel for the Paris Masters 1,000, which ended with the victory of the German Alexander Zverev on November 3. He was also forced to withdraw from Roland-Garros due to knee pain. Having surgery after the Porte d’Auteuil Grand Slam, Djokovic reached the Wimbledon final, defeated by Carlos Alcaraz, before winning Olympic gold, also against the Spaniard, at the Paris Games.
This title is the Serb’s only tournament victory in 2024. As of 2023, he had won seven, including two Grand Slam tournaments (Roland-Garros and the Australian Open).
His withdrawal puts an end to the suspense over the names of the last three participants in the 2024 Masters: in addition to the Italian Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, the Russian Daniil Medvedev and the American Taylor Fritz, have already assured their presence In Turin, the Norwegian Casper Ruud, the Australian Alex de Minaur and the Russian Andrey Rublev already have their tickets in their pockets for the last match of the season.
