
The 39-year-old Serbian, record holder of Grand Slam titles, misses the cut for the second time in twenty years
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Novak Djokovic had reached the final in his last five appearances at the Masters 1000 in Paris. He holds 24 Grand Slam titles. Jannik Sinner has withdrawn, which allows the ninth best player of the season to participate in the end-of-season Masters in Turin (November 15 to 22).
The last five times Novak Djokovic had participated in the Masters 1000 in Paris, he had systematically reached the final. This will not be the case this year. The Ile-de-France public will only have the right to attend two small matches of the record holder of Grand Slam titles (24). The 39-year-old Serbian got off to a good start in his 2nd round against the Australian Rinky Hijikata (83rd in the world), Wednesday November 4, but he finally lost the plot, losing in three sets (2-6, 6-3, 6-3) and 2h14 of play.
Despite Jannik Sinner's withdrawal, which allows the ninth best player of the season to participate in the end-of-season Masters (from November 15 to 22 in Turin), Novak Djokovic will miss the cut for the second time in twenty years - after 2017, when an elbow injury slowed him down considerably. The Masters 1000 in Paris was his last chance to climb the ATP hierarchy, but the Serbian remains stuck in 11th place at the end of a year 2026 in decline. Although he reached the final of the Australian Open in January and the semi-finals of Roland-Garros in June, Novak Djokovic has not passed the second round of a Masters 1000 since mid-March in Indian Wells.

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For his first outing as world number 1, Alexander Zverev was beaten by Lorenzo Musetti (7-6, 6-2). The German, visibly tired and annoyed by the criticism of his legitimacy at the top of the ranking, recognized a poor performance.
Alexander Zverev, world No.1, lost his first match as leader of the ATP circuit, beaten 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 by Lorenzo Musetti in the second round of the Masters 1000 in Paris. The 29-year-old German will face Luca Van Assche in the round of 16 on Thursday.