The 2024 season enters its final phase with a lot of attention: the ATP Finals. The masters tournament will put the cherry on top of an intense year in which Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz combined their dominance on the circuit, defeating Novak Djokovic.
The Serbian will close the campaign without any Grand Slam title and may miss out on the big event in Turin. And the Serbian made a decision that could greatly complicate his classification: not to play the Paris Bercy Masters 1000.
After the Six Kings Slam in Riyadh, the winner of 24 Grand Slam titles chose to rest for several weeks and will not compete this week (Vienna and Basel) or next week (Paris Bercy).
Djokovic is currently ranked sixth in the Race, the ranking as of January 1, but his refusal to play before the ATP Finals seriously puts a top eight finish in jeopardy.
He will reach the moment of truth with the 3,910 points he has now, while those chasing him can add up to 1,500 (500 in Vienna or Basel and 1,000 in Paris).
This week Casper Ruud is seventh (3,845) and Andrey Rublev (3,670) is eighth, while the candidates fighting to enter the top 8 are Alex de Miñaur (3,355), Tommy Paul (3,135), Grigor Dimitrov (3,100) and Stefanos Tsitsipas (2,875).
Source: La Verdad
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