After competing in the Six Kings Slam exhibition, the Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic (4th) surprised the entire circuit by get off the Paris Masters 1000not only because it will not defend the title won in the last edition but also because it will suffer direct consequences on the world ranking and in the race towards the ATP Finals.
Despite recording one of his leanest seasons in recent times, the legendary Balkan achieved his maximum goal when hanging gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, a coronation that had previously been denied in Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2021, to become only the fifth player to win in the four Grand Slam tournaments and in the emblematic event, after by Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal, Steffi Graf and Serena Williams.
However, the owner of 99 titles could finish the current calendar in an unusual way in his impeccable career, as a result of his recent resignation from the Parisian competition, losing 1,000 points vital in the men’s classification to close the week with 5.210 and give fourth place to the Russian Danill Medvedev (5th), which records 5.230.
Thanks to the fact that the American Taylor Fritz (6th) does not enjoy action from Shanghai, the one born in Belgrade will not temporarily drop further in the ranking, although dwill have to closely follow the events in French cement to consider their real chances of getting a ticket for the 17th time to the event that brings together the eight best of the year.
This is how the ATP ranking looked with Djokovic’s withdrawal from the Paris Masters 1000:
1) Jannik Sinner with 11,420 points
2) Carlos Alcaraz with 7,120
3) Alexander Zverev con 6.775
4) Daniil Medvedev with 5,230
5) Novak Djokovic con 5.210
6) Taylor Fritz con 4.335
7) Andrey Rublev con 4.020
8) Casper Ruud con 3.855
9) Grigor Dimitrov with 3,700
10) Alex De Minaur with 3,575
