On the evening of November 5, as 24-time Grand Slam men’s singles champion and Serbian tennis star Djokovic announced his withdrawal due to injury, the men’s professional tennis year-end finals bid farewell to Federer, Nadal and Djokovic for the first time in the past 23 years. K

2024-11-06 15:01:04 entertainment 4296℃

On the evening of November 5, as 24-time Grand Slam men’s singles champion and Serbian tennis star Djokovic announced his withdrawal due to injury, the men’s professional tennis year-end finals bid farewell to Federer and Nadal for the first time in the past 23 years. The Big Three of and Djokovic. The rolling waters of the Yangtze River are passing eastward, and the surging waves of men's tennis are washing away the marks left by their predecessors.

Djokovic was less than 20 years old when he participated in the year-end finals for the first time. In the blink of an eye, 16 years have passed. Players of his generation such as Federer, Nadal, Wawrinka, Tim and Murray have all retired. Only he is still fighting on the court. This year, as Djokovic won the Paris Olympics and realized his dream of a Golden Slam, he was immersed in the joy of the Olympic gold medal and enjoyed the glory of being a national hero, but he no longer enjoyed enduring injuries and fighting on the court. The feeling of killing.

In his withdrawal statement, Djokovic said: "I am honored to be qualified for the year-end finals and I am very much looking forward to participating. However, due to ongoing injuries, I will not be able to compete next week. I will look forward to my plan." Everyone apologizes and wishes all participating players good results. We will see you soon!"

Djokovic has participated in 16 ATP year-end finals. During last year's year-end finals, he was defeated by Italy's new Sinner in the group stage. After that, Djokovic still advanced to the final, defeated Sinner in straight sets, and won his seventh ATP year-end finals championship trophy, becoming the player with the most ATP year-end finals championships. And it was from that year-end finals that the old giants could no longer cover the glory of the new talents.

In the 2024 season, Sinner and Alcaraz won the four Grand Slam championships and successively reached the top of the world in men's tennis. The duel between the two gradually replaced the previous duel between Feiner and Dena.

Veterans do not die, they just slowly disappear. In Djokovic's 2024 season, he really only shined at the Paris Olympics. Starting from the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, Djokovic has continuously missed the championship. The most recent tour he participated in was the Shanghai Tennis Masters in October, where he lost to Sinner in the final and finished second. After that, he went to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to participate in the "Six Kings Grand Slam" tennis exhibition match, and finally won the third place. After announcing the end of the season, Djokovic ended with zero titles on this year's tour stage.

Among the three giants, the one who is more looking forward to the year-end finals than Djokovic should be the Spanish star Nadal. Since participating in the year-end finals for the first time in 2005, Nadal has stood in the finals many times in the past 20 years and has been infinitely close to the championship, but in the end he missed it. In contrast, both Federer and Djokovic have achieved impressive results in the year-end finals, with the latter winning seven times. With Nadal announcing that he will retire at the end of this season, the year-end finals championship will also become a rare crown that the king of clay has not been able to get his hands on.

After Djokovic withdrew, this year's ATP year-end finals entry list was also released. The eight participating players are Sinner, Zverev, Alkaraz, Medvedev, Fritz , Rude , Deminar and Rublev. These new juniors are making a bigger splash in the men's tennis world, washing away the marks left by their predecessors.