Novak Djokovic successful action. (FILE photo)
Despite suffering a slump successful the 2024 season, Novak Djokovic has reaffirmed that helium is preparing for adjacent twelvemonth and is focused connected returning to his champion portion grooming astatine “full throttle” successful the disconnected season.
After withdrawing from the ATP Finals, taking spot successful Turin adjacent week, Djokovic each but ended his 2024 play unless helium makes an quality for Serbia astatine the Davis Cup finals aboriginal this month.
Outside of winning the Olympic gold, the last remaining accomplishment successful his illustrious career, the Serb has been acold from his champion passim 2024. It was the archetypal play helium went without a Grand Slam rubric since 2017 and the golden successful Paris is his lone tour-level rubric of the year.
Neither information nor strength of preparations person dipped, though. “Tennis is inactive my focus! I americium going astatine afloat throttle successful the off-season, we spell for different ride. I conscionable needed to recharge and refresh a spot aft an exhausting year,” Djokovic was quoted arsenic saying by tennismajors.com connected the sidelines of a hoops crippled successful Belgrade.
“I americium going to play successful the archetypal week of the season, I americium conscionable not definite yet where. Then, of course, Australian Open,” the 24-time Major victor added. “I would similar to play the Davis Cup too, let’s spot what happens.”
Having withdrawn from some the Paris Masters and the ATP Finals this month, helium past played astatine the Masters 1000 lawsuit successful Shanghai, wherever helium mislaid successful the last to World No. 1 Jannik Sinner. Djokovic besides took portion successful the big-money ‘Six Kings’ accumulation lawsuit successful Saudi Arabia.