CINCINNATI — Novak Djokovic pulled out of the Cincinnati Open on Thursday, lower than every week after the 37-year-old from Serbia collected his first Olympic gold medal.
The Cincinnati occasion introduced his withdrawal. Djokovic gained final 12 months’s title there; this 12 months’s event begins subsequent week and serves as a hard-court tuneup forward of the US Open.
The 12 months’s final Grand Slam event begins in New York on Aug. 26. The draw is Aug. 22.
Djokovic is the defending champion on the US Open. He gained his twenty fourth profession main championship there in 2023.
He defeated Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) on Sunday within the males’s singles closing on the Paris Video games.
“We definitely perceive that it’s a fast turnaround from his Olympic triumph to return to Cincinnati,” Cincinnati Open event director Bob Moran stated. “His title run right here final 12 months was so memorable. We’re wanting to see him on court docket once more quickly.”
Djokovic’s withdrawal permits France’s Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard to maneuver into the sphere in Cincinnati.
