Novak Djokovic risks losing a very important event

The dream of his life has come true: after winning the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Paris, Novak Djokovic took a short break before returning to training to prepare for the season on American hard courts. But the season has not gone as well as the Serbian champion had hoped, who now risks not qualifying for the ATP finals in Turin.

Nole immediately decided to participate in the US Opengave up his attempt to defend his title at the Cincinnati Open, but things didn’t go according to plan. He even surrendered in the third round to Alexei Popyrin, who played an inconsistent match that didn’t live up to expectations.

The untimely defeat Djokovic suffered in the last Slam of 2024 has complicated Djokovic’s run to the Nitto ATP Finals, as mentioned. And to think that Djokovic set a new record last season, winning the Masters Tournament for the seventh time, breaking Roger Federer’s record.

The Serbian champion lost two positions in the Race to Turin, because Taylor Fritz reached the final at the US Open. Djokovic has 3260 points; while Alex de Minaur, eighth in the Race, has 3305. Only 45 points separate him from the Australian, but everything will depend on the results that Djokovic achieves and the calendar that he respects.

It is not certain that he will add tournaments to his calendar to increase his chances of qualifying and for the time being he is only registered for the ATP Masters 1000 in Shanghai and Paris-Bercy. Moreover, the impression is that his direct rivals will play much more than he does. It will therefore be essential for Djokovic to

Jannik Sinner is the 8th man in history with more than 10,000 ATP ranking points.

Novak Djokovic.

Roger Federer.

Rafa Nadal.

Andy Murray.

Piet Sampras.

Daniel Medvedev.

André Agassi.

𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐤 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫.

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