Novak Djokovic announced that he would not be playing much in the latter part of the season

Novak Djokovic’s qualification (still sixth) is getting closer and closer, even if his presence at the start of the competition is uncertain. Five players could potentially beat him by mid-November, but three need the win at Bercy (Dimitrov, Tsitsipas and Rune, who need to win the last ATP 250 on the calendar in order to still have hope of getting the pass). At the window Andrey Rublev, eighth and already eliminated from the main board of Paris: his margin on Alex de Minaur is rather narrow and could actually risk the place.

A tough choice:
There is no doubt that 2025 will be crucial to see if Djokovic can win another Grand Slam title before the end of his career. In the latest edition of his podcast, tennis legend Jimmy Connors discussed Nole’s future: “It’s hard to me to say he has had a drop in motivation because he does everything over the course of his day to make him as good as can be. With his training and his eating, everything about his day is centred around tennis and being as good as he can be.

I am trying to say it the right way. Getting older is getting older. You have a lot of the young guys who are seeing maybe he’s not what he used to be, that old grey mare. A little vulnerable. He’s not quite playing up to the standard we are used to seeing. We talk Sinner and Alcaraz, but the only way he is going to say it’s time to go is if some of those other guys start stepping up too, or else he will keep hanging, and what’s wrong with that?”