After Vienna start: Novak Djokovic should skip Paris Bercy
As the Baltic medium Mozzartport reported, Novak Djokovic is said to have canceled his start for the ATP Masters 1000 event in Paris Bercy. Instead, the 33-year-old wants to attack in Vienna and at the ATP finals in London.
by Michael Rothschädl
last edit: Oct 17, 2020, 08:14 am
The tennis year 2020 is also a very special one in terms of the world rankings. Rafael Nadal, for example, who would have had to defend the title both in Roland Garros and in New York City at the US Open in a normal season, was able to make changes to the point system (only positive changes are recorded, even for non- The points in the system remain in place) concentrate on defending the title in Paris - and without further ado, the trip to the USA fell into the water.
Novak Djokovic, who will open again in the Wiener Stadthalle for the first time since 2007, is now taking a similar path. After that, the ATP Masters 1000 event in Paris Bercy would actually be on the program, the Serb would go into the race as the reigning title holder. Now the Serb is said to have announced that he wants to leave Paris Bercy out in favor of the ATP event in Vienna and the ATP finals in London.
The Serb is said to have announced this to Mozzartsport : "I will take part in two more tournaments by the end of the year, in Vienna and London. I haven't been to Vienna for 15 years, this tournament was not part of my original plan, but I'm happy It was a strange season, and I hope that I can finish first in the world rankings. That's my goal and I'm working on it, "the medium quoted the 17-time Grand Slam champion as saying.
Step one in the "two-step plan"
Above all, the new schedule serves one of the Serbs' major goals: to catch up with Roger Federer as number one in the world in terms of weeks. The Swiss is still in the lead in this comparison with 20 weeks, but for the rest of the year Novak Djokovic is considered to be almost impossible to catch - especially if he should win the title in Vienna. Then Rafael Nadal would also have to start in the Austrian capital to even have a chance to overtake the industry leader.
So Novak Djokovic could soon have ticked off the first point of his "two-step plan" in the race for the all-time number one. Accordingly, after equalizing Federer's record of the weeks as number one, the 33-year-old wants to focus primarily on the Grand Slam tournaments, where Djokovic is still three titles missing from the Swiss and Rafael Nadal.