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Novak Djokovic narrowly avoided defeat against Tallon Griekspoor to book his spot in the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters, though it wasn’t a pleasant evening for the Serbian. The world No 1 called a doctor to the court after the first set, with the source of his troubles now revealed
Djokovic’s 4-6 7-6 6-4 victory over Griekspoor means that he will face Holger Rune today, and the 36-year-old will need to improve if he is to get the better of the Dane. Rune has impressed in his last two performances, comfortably seeing off Dominic Thiem and Daniel Altmaier with very little fuss.
Djokovic is still a firm favourite to win the competition, though some of his rivals are finding strong form in France. Andrey Rublev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Hubert Hurkacz will all be hopeful of stealing the show in Paris, and it remains to be seen how the trio fare on Thursday.
Jannik Skinner would have hoped to have also had a fighting chance of winning the competition too, prior to his fatigue-related withdrawal. The Italian has been named as Djokovic’s nearest rival by former ATP star Filippo Volandri in an eye-catching statement.
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Stefanos Tsitsipas has spoken of his ‘relief’ at finally securing his sport for the ATP Finals in Turin after beating Alexander Zverev.
The No 7 seed has endured a tricky season this year with a number of early exits in big tournaments, but he’s back in the season-ending ATP Finals for a fifth consecutive year.
“It’s awesome. What a great relief to finally get that spot,” Tsitsipas said.
“I’ve been working extremely hard the whole year to be in Turin, and it’s a moment of relief that I’ve made it to one of my favourite events of the year. I get the opportunity to play in front of my Italian fans, but also get some Greek people in.”
