{"id":208352,"date":"2025-10-18T07:42:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/208352\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T07:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:42:04","slug":"novak-djokovic-explains-the-most-frustrating-part-of-his-2025-season-on-the-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/208352\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic explains the most ‘frustrating’ part of his 2025 season on the ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After Novak Djokovic\u2019s loss to Jannik Sinner at the Six Kings Slam in Saudi Arabia, he will head to Europe for the latter stages of the season. <\/p>\n

Djokovic<\/a>\u2018s 2025 campaign, while not done just yet, has been incredible, with the 38-year-old continuing to perform at the highest level in the twilight of his career. <\/p>\n

The Serb has made the semifinals of all four Grand Slam events this year and clinched his 100th title in May at the Geneva Open, becoming the third man in history to tally a century of tour-level crowns. <\/p>\n

While Djokovic may not have captured a 25th major<\/a>, he has proven that he is still capable of fighting for the biggest prizes in tennis.<\/p>\n

\"NovakPhoto by Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

He has also shown that he remains one of the world\u2019s three best players and is currently third in the \u2018Race to Turin\u2019, the annual battle for a spot in the year-end ATP Finals.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Ultimately, however, for a man so used to winning tournaments on a consistent basis, 2025 has been frustrating for Djokovic, which he discussed after his defeat to Sinner<\/a> in Riyadh. <\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic reflects on his 2025 season <\/p>\n

In his post-match press conference, the 24-time major champion said: \u201cLook, you know, I always try to improve, as does pretty much anybody that is playing on the highest level.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou always look to be better than what you were yesterday or last week. I know that things are a bit different for me now in terms of the level of tennis and my body. It\u2019s not like when I was at my peak. I know that.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I still go. I still try to play at the highest level and compete with the best players in the world. Jannik and Carlos are, without a doubt, a few levels above all of us, but I still try to close the gap and challenge them in the biggest tournaments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Djokovic has lost to either Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> or Sinner at three of the four Grand Slams this season. <\/p>\n

Australian Open: Lost to Alexander Zverev in the semifinalsRoland Garros: Lost to Jannik Sinner in the semifinalsWimbledon: Lost to Jannik Sinner in the semifinalsUS Open: Lost to Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019ve done. Four Grand Slam semi-finals this year. I\u2019m not fully satisfied, because you know, I achieved the greatest heights in this sport so many times, and there\u2019s always a part of me that is like, \u2018only the title counts in a sense\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new reality is the way it is. I have to be satisfied with being top five in the world in these circumstances. So that\u2019s how I see it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that I\u2019m very self-critical in the sense that I know that I can always play better, and even when I was at my highest level, I felt like I could play better.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that kind of mindset really helps because you feel like you need to always have a mindset of pursuit. Pursuing the best version of yourself.<\/p>\n

\"NovakPhoto by Qian Jun\/MB Media\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cYou might never catch it, but you still lean towards perfectionism, whatever that is. Jannik and Carlos are playing as close to perfection right now in the last year as they can be.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s quite frustrating to play them when they\u2019re playing at such a high level, to be honest, but at the same time, it\u2019s great to see for our sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic\u2019s plans for the rest of the 2025 season<\/p>\n

The next tournament Djokovic plans to feature in is the new-look ATP 250 event in Athens, the Hellenic Championship. <\/p>\n

Relocated to Athens from Belgrade, the Hellenic Championship is an indoor hard-court set to take place from the second of November to the eighth. <\/p>\n

After his run at the Shanghai Masters, Djokovic said, aside from the Athens tournament, he has not planned anything else.<\/p>\n

He stated that he does not make long-term plans anymore, and will decide soon if he will play at the ATP Finals in Turin. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover After Novak Djokovic\u2019s loss to Jannik Sinner at the Six Kings Slam in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[1308,6766,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-208352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-novak-djokovic","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}