After the final lost to Daniil Medvedev in the last edition of the US Open, Novak Djokovic He assured that he wanted to return to his country to spend time with his family and, thus, be able to disconnect for a few weeks from the circuit. Indeed, he has just announced that he will not travel to Masters 1000 de Indian Wells, which begins next week and will take place in an atypical week due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“I’m sorry I can’t see my fans in Indian Wells and play there in the desert, which is one of my favorite places to go. I hope to see you next year!” Furthermore, Tommy Haas, German legend and now tournament director, said: “We are disappointed that Novak will not be able to come to the tournament this year. Hopefully we can see him again in March (2022) to seek his sixth title, which would represent a record. “. The Nº1 of the international ranking was imposed in 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
I am sorry I won’t get to see my fans in Indian Wells and play in the desert, my favourite place to go. I hope to see you next year! @BNPPARIBASOPEN
— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) September 29, 2021
Djokovic, who will not play any Masters 1000 in North American lands in 2021 – he was not in Miami, Cincinnati and Toronto -, he did not confirm in which tournament he plans to compete again. Since he is classified for the ATP Finals in Turin, it will be necessary to see if he returns in Vienna, Paris-Bercy or directly travels to the last event of the season without competition rhythm. In any case, the door to not playing anymore this year remains open. While it would be a strange decision, it would not cease to be understandable given that in less than a month the possibility of obtaining the Golden Slam disappeared. In fact, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games against Alexander Zverev and US Open vs. Medvedev, who beat him by a triple 6-4 and forcefully.
ALL THE KILLS OF INDIAN WELLS
The second to last Masters 1000 of the season will not only not have the presence of the Balkan. Is that the list of casualties is quite extensive. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem, Stan Wawrinka, Milos Raonic, Borna Coric, Jeremy Chardy, Pablo Cuevas, Nick Kyrgios, Ugo Humbert, Aljaz Bedene, David Goffin and Richard Gasquet will be the main absences among men.
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