Djokovic falls out of top 10 in ATP Finals race

An unsuccessful performance at Indian Wells caused Novak Djokovic to fall out of the top 10 in the race for a ticket to Turin at the end of the year.

Djokovic has only earned 910 points in the first three months of the year, which is rare for him in previous seasons. At the same time last year, Djokovic led the points table by winning the Adelaide International, the Australian Open and reaching the semi-finals of the Dubai Championships.

Djokovic has only played two tournaments since the beginning of the year and failed to reach the final. Photo: ATP

The Serbian player has been empty-handed since the 2023 ATP Finals. He lost to Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open semi-finals and was eliminated in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open by a far inferior opponent, Luca Nardi. Nole then announced that he would skip the Miami Open and will be out at least until the Monte Carlo Masters starts in early April.

Nole's year-to-date performance is worse than that of players like Tommy Paul, Ugo Humbert or Sebastian Baez. He still holds the top spot in the ATP rankings with 9,675 points, but is only 920 points ahead of Carlos Alcaraz, who has to defend 2,270 points in the clay season and 1,200 points at Wimbledon.

Without good results in the summer, with the focus on two majors in Paris and London, Djokovic will have a hard time competing for a ticket to the ATP Finals, because he still has many points to defend in the North American hard court season at the end of the year, where he won the US Open and Cincinnati Masters last year.

The Race to Turin is currently led by Jannik Sinner with 2,900 points, 750 points ahead of second-placed Daniil Medvedev. Followed by Alcaraz (1,500), Alexander Zverev (1,435), Alex de Minaur (1,395) and Andrey Rublev (1,050).

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