Djokovic struggles on his journey to win his 25th Grand Slam

(Dan Tri) - By dropping out of the 2024 ATP Finals, Novak Djokovic is at a disadvantage in the draw for the 2025 Australian Open.

Novak Djokovic announced that he will not participate in the 2024 ATP Finals (taking place in Italy from November 10 to November 17), a tournament he has won 7 times. Nole ended 2024 without an ATP championship, the only title he owns is the Paris Olympic Gold Medal.

By not participating in the 2024 Paris Masters, Djokovic was deducted 1,000 points and dropped to 5th in the world in the ATP rankings. After not participating in the ATP Finals, Nole continued to be deducted 1,300 points because he is the defending champion of the tournament and ended 2024 with 3,910 points.

Djokovic aims to win another Grand Slam in his career (Photo: Reuters).

Djokovic will almost certainly lose his No. 5 ranking to Taylor Fritz, who will not have to defend points at the ATP Finals. Behind him, Casper Ruud, Alex De Minaur and Andrey Rublev are also accumulating points at ATP 250 tournaments this week and will not have to defend points at the 2024 ATP Finals.

Casper Ruud, Alex De Minaur and Andrey Rublev only need to win one match in the group stage of the 2024 ATP Finals to earn 200 points and surpass Djokovic. Therefore, Djokovic is likely to be knocked out of the ATP top 8 after the end of 2024. That puts the 1987-born star at a disadvantage when entering the Australian Open draw in January 2025.

If he reaches the ATP top 8, Djokovic will face the top 4 players from the quarterfinals. However, if he is pushed down to No. 9 in the world, the Serbian will have to play the seeds from No. 5 to No. 8 in the fourth round.

Djokovic reached the semi-finals of the 2024 Australian Open but did not face any top 10 players in his first five matches, before losing to Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals. Nole holds the record of 10 Australian Open titles but his journey to conquer an 11th title in Australia promises to be difficult.

Nole holds the record of 24 Grand Slam titles and he decided to skip both the Paris Masters and ATP Finals to focus on winning his 25th Grand Slam title. That was the right choice as Djokovic is 37 years old this year and is no longer at the peak of his form.

With Djokovic's withdrawal, the 2024 ATP Finals have determined the eight best players of the year to participate, including Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz, Casper Ruud, Alex De Minaur and Andrey Rublev.

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