Djokovic doesn’t need exceptions – AS.com

“Novak is qualified from Wimbledon, but that seems a bit strange to me. I don’t know if that rule was there before or not, but it seems unfair to me, also for Nick Kyrgios. He lost in the final and did not achieve anything. I knew I wouldn’t get those Wimbledon points, but I thought I still had a decent chance to play the Finals,” Cameron Norrie, 13th in both the rankings and in the race for the Masters Cup (November 13-20), said this week. ). The British, who will not be in Turin, He thus expressed his discomfort with the norm that, until now, had certified Djokovic’s presence in Italy. The Serbian, in terms of points, was not among the eight best tennis players of the season, but the fact of having won a Grand Slam assured him the Finals if he stayed in the top-20.

An exception that, today, would no longer be necessary. After reaching the semifinals of the Masters 1,000 in Paris, Nole is already eighth in the race. With 3,080 points, he is ahead of Taylor Fritz (2,955) and Hubert Hurkacz (2,905), with no room to come back if the race is still open. If he got his seventh crown in the French tournament, in addition, Djokovic would even arrive in a better position in Italy, overtaking Andrey Rublev (7th with 3,530 points). No small print, no shortcuts or alternative routes. The champion of 21 Grand Slams will land in Turin following the traditional forms, as one of the top favorites and, at the same time, silencing mounting criticism, similar to Norrie’s.

Among the best without 10,000 points

Nole will be in Turin as one of the eight best tennis players in the world. He will do it, in addition, without having disputed about 10,000 points throughout the season due to his refusal to be vaccinated. The Serbian was not present at the Australian Open (2,000) or the US Open (2,000), in terms of Grand Slams (taking into account, in addition, that Wimbledon did not score), nor in four of the Masters 1,000 of the year (Indian Wells, Miami, Canada and Cincinnati). When he has played, he has been intractable. After all the controversy in Australia and the corresponding break, it was difficult for him to start; then he did not stop adding. Semifinals in Madrid (360 points), champion in Rome (1,000), quarterfinals at Roland Garros (360), Tel Aviv (250), Astana (250)… and now Paris, where, before the Finals, he can round out his strangest season yet on tour. One in which he, despite everything, has remained at the top.