Title holder and winner of the Paris Masters 1000 seven times, the Serbian renounces the Bercy tournament.
The Paris Masters 1000 is used to seeing withdrawals and injuries pile up at the end of the season. The next meeting (from October 28 to November 3 for the last one at Bercy) should not be an exception to the rule. Novak Djokovic, as announced by the Serbian media Sport Klub, will not be appearing at the Masters 1000 in Paris. The Serbian (world No. 4), winner 7 times at Bercy (2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023) could put an end to a season without a Grand Slam title, illuminated by the medal of gold at the Olympic Games (and two finals at Wimbledon and Shanghai).
6e player in the Race, the Serb (37 years old), defending champion at the Masters, is not yet qualified for the masters tournament scheduled for Turin (November 10-17). Alex De Minaur, Tommy Paul and Grigor Dimitrov could overtake him.
The Serbian plans to make the detour to the final phase of the Davis Cup in Malaga (November 19-24) to accompany the end of Rafael Nadal’s career. Before participating in an exhibition in Buenos Aires, at the beginning of December, with Juan Martin Del Potro. After the holidays, he will head to Australia and 2025.
“He is the title holder but he is 37 years old if I am not mistaken. He has had a complicated year physically since he still had meniscus surgery just before Wimbledon. He won the Olympic Games, it’s his only title but it was the objective, therefore objective fulfilled. I think he’s at a point in his career where he manages his schedule the way his body tells him to manage it.”explained Cédric Pioline, the tournament director, on Eurosport this Tuesday.
