Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the 2025 Cincinnati Open, and the tennis great\u2019s absence could have an impact on his ranking ahead of the US Open.<\/p>\n
It was revealed on Monday that Djokovic had withdrawn from the Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati<\/a>, which will be held from August 7-18.<\/p>\n Djokovic<\/a>, who also missed the ongoing Canadian Open ATP event in Toronto, has not revealed the reason for his absence at both of the big pre-US Open<\/a> tournaments.<\/p>\n It is possible, though, that Djokovic has not recovered from the injury that hampered him in his straight-set Wimbledon semi-final defeat to world No 1 Jannik Sinner<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n The Serbian appeared to injure himself when he suffered a nasty fall on match point of his Wimbledon quarter-final win over Flavio Cobolli, although he did not reveal the specific nature of the issue he was dealing with after losing to Sinner.<\/p>\n \u201cHonestly, wasn\u2019t really a pleasant feeling on the court,\u201d Djokovic said during his post-match press conference.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to talk, in details, about my injury and just whine about not managing to play my best. I want to congratulate Jannik for another great performance. That\u2019s it. He\u2019s in the finals. He was too strong.<\/p>\n \u201cI do feel, yeah, disappointed that I just wasn\u2019t able to move as well as I thought or hoped that I would.\u201d<\/p>\n This will be the fourth time in the last five years that Djokovic will miss both the Canadian Open and the Cincinnati Open.<\/p>\n Djokovic has not played in Canada since 2018, while he won the Cincinnati title in 2023 in his only appearance at the event since 2020.<\/p>\n Given that he also skipped Cincinnati in 2024 following his gold medal triumph at last year\u2019s Paris Olympics,\u00a0Djokovic is not defending any points at the Masters event.<\/p>\n Djokovic currently sits sixth in the rankings on 4,130 points, and he could be overtaken before\u00a0the US Open.<\/p>\n Novak Djokovic News<\/p>\n Jimmy Connors tells Novak Djokovic how to find his top level for the US Open<\/a><\/p>\n