Ivan Ljubicic: ‘I would not be surprised if Novak Djokovic skip the rest of the 2021.

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"Former world number three Ivan Ljubicic has stated he wouldn’t be surprised if Novak Djokovic decided not to play again in 2021 following his defeat in US Open final.

The 34-year-old was bidding to become the first male player in over 50 years to win all four Majors in the same year, Rod Laver completed the feat in 1969.

Djokovic’s bid for history fell at the final hurdle as he was defeated in straight sets by Daniil Medvedev in US Open final. The world number one stressed after the match he had no plan for the rest of 2021 following his loss.

“Let me tell you – I have no plan, absolutely nothing,” Djokovic said. “I don’t know if I’m going to play anything, anywhere… I’m just here in New York right now.”


There is a growing concern that Djokovic will skip one of the upcoming Masters events (Indian Wells and Paris) remaining in 2021. Given that Djokovic is back in Serbia, it is increasingly unlikely that he will return to America in October.


Ljubicic would like to see the world number one compete at Paris Masters and ATP Tour Finals, but accepts he wouldn’t be surprised if Djokovic opted to skip both events.


“As for the question of what I expect for the rest of the year, I would like to see Djokovic in Paris-Bercy and at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin 2021, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he decided not to play again in the rest of the season,” Ljubicic said.

The Croat, coach of Roger Federer, provided a brief update on his recovery from a third knee injury but refused to put a timescale on his recovery.

Federer has not yet resumed training and at the moment there is no specific program for his return,” Ljubicic added."
 
Nadal_Django

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Yeah i think big chance that he plays only Turin or skip completely the rest of the season. Going back to USA just for one Masters tournament in IW, in this phase of his career, still sounds like a big fat sci-fi, imo...
 
fishpiefriday

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Djokovic is obviously on a low just now, having not performed to his best in the US Open final, thus missing out on the slam/21/CYGS.

He clearly needs a break so he'll take it and return once he's ready. I'm expecting a fresh and hungry Djokovic in Melbourne.
 
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AO13

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It is probably wise to skip Indian Wells, but he should play at least one Masters tournament before ATP Finals. I'd pick China, he's a fan favorite there. If not that, then Paris.
 
TheAssassin

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Not this again lol. He'll be back soon.
AO13 said:
It is probably wise to skip Indian Wells, but he should play at least one Masters tournament before ATP Finals. I'd pick China, he's a fan favorite there. If not that, then Paris.
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No Asian swing this year. Paris is the only option after Indian Wells.
 
clayqueen

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He knows full well he is not going to skip any tournaments with Medvedev breathing down his neck. There are only 1990 points between them in the live rankings.
 
SumYungGai

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"I would like to see Djokovic in Paris-Bercy and at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin 2021, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he decided not to play again in the rest of the season,”
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Translation: "Pls don't play. We can't take it anymore."
 
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weakera said:
Uhhh no one was saying that after the heavily shortened 2020 lol
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Lol, yes. Plenty of posters saying that Covid had screwed up his endurance and he was playing too much. Starting in August he played 2 masters, 2 slams, one 500 and the ATP finals. More than he will play in the same time period in 2021
 
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Isn't he scheduled to play Indian Wells ?

weakera said:
He's probably too arrogant to shut it down. I hope he plays as much as possible and continues to burn himself out.

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clayqueen

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gadge said:
Yeah he lost one match and you start questioning his game
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More and more players are causing him problems. He struggled to make it to the USO final only winning one match in straight sets and losing the final in straight sets.
 
The Fedfather

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Unless Novak is injured, I would be extremely surprised if he leaves the YE #1 up for grabs. This will likely be one of his final opportunities to get the record and he'd surely want to prolong his reign at the top.
 
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TennisFan3 said:
You've got to be kidding me. He lost one best of 5 match in almost 1.5 years. And that also because he was tired and had pressure.

At this rate, unless Nadal returns at the French Open, Novak will likely win AO,F.O and Wimbledon for next year too. And in UsOpen 2022 - we might have CYGS pressure again.
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I feel Nadal isn't gonna be a problem for Djokovic at 22 RG. The 21 RG SF was very telling imo. Thiem returning to some prime form would be a bigger challenge for Djokovic in Paris next year, tbh...
 
octobrina10

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TennisFan3 said:
You've got to be kidding me. He lost one best of 5 match in almost 1.5 years. And that also because he was tired and had pressure.

At this rate, unless Nadal returns at the French Open, Novak will likely win AO,F.O and Wimbledon for next year too. And in UsOpen 2022 - we might have CYGS pressure again.
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Djoko is getting old.

I used your words you have kept writing about someone else since the latter was much younger than Djoko is now.
 
topher

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He will wait and see whether Meddy threatens YE#1. If Med wins IW and Moscow, he'll probably play Paris or some other event before WTF.

If Med stinks it up in a post-slam slump like Thiem did, Novak may very well skip the rest of the year. But he may play WTF either way.
 
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weakera said:
Uhhh no one was saying that after the heavily shortened 2020 lol
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On other fan pages and in tennis publications the expectation was Djokovic would win ao w and uso and thiem the fo. Many thought it would be 20 20 20 once it became apparent Nadal and Federer were injured at the start of the year. In hindsigt Djokovic would have been better winning Uso instead of one of other 3 . He has ended the year worse than Nadal and Federer at three of the biggest 5 events.
 
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topher said:
He will wait and see whether Meddy threatens YE#1. If Med wins IW and Moscow, he'll probably play Paris or some other event before WTF.

If Med stinks it up in a post-slam slump like Thiem did, Novak may very well skip the rest of the year. But he may play WTF either way.
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Sport does.not work like that at elite level. Training is everything. Djokovic was mentally gone after the olympics and took time off and then was way off at Uso form wise. The idea he can just pick and choose when he comes back and win events is incorrect.
He was too mouthy past two years. He repeatedly said in 2020 he would overtake Fedal. He even claimed he would go 2020 undefeeated all year. After RG 2021 he and his team whipped the media up into crownin him goat as he was going to win cygs and no.21. So he set expectations way too high which brings with it mental pressure. When those expectations are not met the disappointment is crushing. Basically apart from weeks at no.1 record he has failed to achieve his goals and that is going to hurt.
contrast to Nadal. He got 20 majors amd matched Federer. Not once did he mention slam record and made it clear at Rg 2020 he was just happy with another RG.
the mental side of sport is everything. Right now if Nadal and Federer get back fit i would say either has a better shot at he slam record than Djokovic.
It is going to be a huge mental effort for Djokovic to put the training in he no doubt has been doing the past two years. He definitely would be wise skipping the rest of the year but the Next Gen seem to needle him and he probably will get coaxed into playing again if one of Zverev Tsitsipas or Medvedev get the headlines.
 
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That's nonsense. He was off in form at the end of last year and rolled through the AO practically out of hibernation. His training consisted of doing push-ups with his fans on his hotel balcony.
 
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goldengate14 said:
On other fan pages and in tennis publications the expectation was Djokovic would win ao w and uso and thiem the fo. Many thought it would be 20 20 20 once it became apparent Nadal and Federer were injured at the start of the year. In hindsigt Djokovic would have been better winning Uso instead of one of other 3 . He has ended the year worse than Nadal and Federer at three of the biggest 5 events.
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Many distinguished users here and astute observers of the game at the end of the 2020 were saying that Djokovic is effectively done after the outcome of the 2020 RG Final and that Nadal winning the 2020 RG was massive and that he have effectively won the Goat race with that title. ;)
 
clayqueen

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Nadal_Django said:
Many distinguished users here and astute observers of the game at the end of the 2020 were saying that Djokovic is effectively done after the outcome of the 2020 RG Final and that Nadal winning the 2020 RG was massive and that he have effectively won the Goat race with that title. ;)
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Would you be able to bump these posters saying the above?
 
kevaninho

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It has to be said, that hes won all these events, so he probably has no motivation to play them.

Remeber his biggest motivation in the past, was Fedal. But they 2 are way in the distance, and i dont think Djokovic feels the need to win another Masters event for the sake of it.

He comes back with motivation in 2022 for the slam record, but hes pretty much already holding every major record anyway.
 
weakera

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kevaninho said:
It has to be said, that hes won all these events, so he probably has no motivation to play them.

Remeber his biggest motivation in the past, was Fedal. But they 2 are way in the distance, and i dont think Djokovic feels the need to win another Masters event for the sake of it.

He comes back with motivation in 2022 for the slam record, but hes pretty much already holding every major record anyway.
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It's a mistake to drastically scale back your schedule unless you need to because of injury, and Djokovic was healthy when he was obliterated by Medvedev.
 
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