Djokovic withdraws from ATP Finals after record-setting Athens win

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Novak Djokovic has pulled retired of ATP Finals aft beating Lorenzo Musetti, but not earlier mounting caller hardcourt mark.

Published On 9 Nov 2025

Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the ATP Finals for the 2nd twelvemonth successful a row, soon aft beating Lorenzo Musetti successful a adjacent three-hour last to triumph the Hellenic Championship connected Saturday.

Djokovic said a enarthrosis wounded would forestall him from playing successful the season-ending lawsuit for the apical 8 men’s players that starts connected Sunday successful Turin, Italy.

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“I was truly looking guardant to competing successful Turin and giving my best,” Djokovic posted connected societal media.

“But aft today’s last successful Athens, I’m bittersweet to stock that I request to retreat owed to an ongoing injury.”

The determination means that Musetti volition instrumentality his place, adjacent though his nonaccomplishment to Djokovic initially handed the last qualifying spot to Felix Auger-Aliassime.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion said helium had been dealing with the wounded passim the tourney successful Athens. Djokovic, who has won the ATP Finals 7 times, besides missed the tourney past twelvemonth due to the fact that of an injury.

“That’s the crushed wherefore I decided not to marque a call: would I spell to Turin oregon not earlier, due to the fact that I wanted to spot however the matches go, however I react,” helium told reporters.

“After yesterday’s [Friday] match, I was hoping that it was not going to flare up. But past today, adjacent earlier the match, it was not great. I had to instrumentality each the beardown medications to beryllium capable to play the match.

“I felt there’s nary accidental for maine to spell done the full tourney successful Turin with the required level of tennis erstwhile you’re playing the champion 8 successful the world.”

Djokovic passes Federer connected cardinal milestone

On Saturday, the Serb rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 triumph implicit Musetti to clinch his 101st vocation title.

“An unthinkable battle,” Djokovic said aft the match. “Three hours of a grueling match, physically… I’m conscionable precise arrogant of myself to get done this one.”

The past acceptable featured 5 breaks earlier Djokovic clinched the triumph with a work winner. Musetti has present mislaid his past six tour-level finals.

Djokovic is 1 of conscionable 3 men to person racked up a period of titles. He inactive needs 2 to adjacent Roger Federer’s 103, portion Jimmy Connors heads the database with 109.

The 38-year-old’s triumph against Musetti acceptable a men’s grounds with his 72nd rubric connected hard courts, 1 much than Federer.