Novak Djokovic frees statement after pulling out of Paris Masters | Tennis | Sport

Novak Djokovic has verifyed that he will not be carry outing at the Paris Masters, which could potentiassociate signal the finish of his season. The Serb, who will finish the year without a Grand Slam title to his name, verifyed the news with a stupidinutive statement on Instagram.

He wrote: “Unblessedly I won’t be carry outing Paris Masters this year. Sorry to everyone who was hoping to see me carry out there.

“Wishing all the carry outers, supports, organisers and fans a fantastic tournament. I have a lot of memories triumphning seven titles there and hope to be back with you next year.”

Djokovic is the reigning Paris Masters champion, having beaten Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets in last year’s final. His only title in 2024 came at the Olympics in the summer, when he finassociate finished his atgentle-extfinished pause for a gelderly medal.

The 37-year-elderly has been dethroned as the dominant force in tennis by Jannik Sinner, who won the Australian Open and the US Open. Djokovic deal withd to accomplish the Wimbledon final earlier this year but was swept aside in straight sets by Carlos Alcaraz.

He could still feature at the year-finish ATP Finals, which will acquire place in Turin next month. He is currently sixth in the race for the eight-man field but could still be overacquiren by disjoinal carry outers between now and the begin of the tournament.

It is not yet clear why Djokovic has choosed to skip the Paris Masters, but he has previously confessted that he struggles to discover the motivation to carry out in lesser events.

Speaking at the French Open earlier this year, he shelp: “It’s real that I’m cgo ined pretty much solely on Grand Slams and Olympics this year and carry outing for my country, reassociate. That’s someskinnyg that reassociate drives me the most today.

“The other tournaments, it’s not maybe sounding right, but these are huge tournaments, very meaningful tournaments, tournaments that are part of the ATP Tour that I was part of and still am part of for so many years, and have been integral to my atgentle and my success.

“But yeah, it is becoming a little bit more challenging for me to push myself every one tournament to be reassociate at the top.”

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