Djokovic has qualified for the season-ending tournament for a record-equalling 17th time, but the 38-year-old skipped last year\u2019s Finals and sparked concerns that he may be unavailable again after withdrawing from the Paris Masters<\/a>. <\/p>\n Djokovic is playing in the ATP 250 tournament in Athens this week, opening his tournament with a win over Alejandro Tabilo on Tuesday, and afterwards he disputed Binaghi\u2019s confirmation to an Italian radio channel that Djokovic \u201cwill be in Turin\u201d. <\/p>\n “I don’t know where he (Binaghi) got that information from,\u201d Djokovic said in Athens, as reported by journalist Vicky Georgatou<\/a>. \u201cDefinitely not from me or my team. I will decide at the end of this tournament”.<\/p>\n Djokovic defeated Tabilo, who he had never won against after two defeats on clay, 7-6 (3) 6-1 to advance to the quarter-finals in Athens, where he will play Nuno Borges on Thursday. <\/p>\n Djokovic pulled out of the Paris Masters shortly after his retiring from his match against Taylor Fritz at the Six Kings Slam exhibition, where he appeared to struggle with a leg injury and shook hands with the American after losing the first-set tiebreak. <\/p>\n The 24-time grand slam champion has qualified for the ATP Finals for an 18th time, equalling Roger Federer\u2019s all-time record. However, he did not play in last year\u2019s ATP Finals despite qualifying, citing an injury. <\/p>\n If Djokovic plays in the ATP Finals it will leave just one more qualification spot. Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/a> currently holds the final position after reaching the final of the Paris Masters, but Italy\u2019s Lorenzo Musetti<\/a> can overtake him if he wins the ATP 250 in Athens this week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-246702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246702","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=246702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Djokovic](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI273040318.jpeg\")
Djokovic says he will decide after the ATP 250 in Athens (REUTERS)<\/p>\n