Djokovic Sets Adelaide Start as Roddick Questions His Grand Slam Durability

Overview

• Playing a reduced schedule in 2025, Djokovic entered 13 events, went 39–11, won ATP 250 titles in Geneva and Athens, and finished year-end No. 4.
• He made the semifinals at all four majors but failed to win a set in his last three Slam defeats, with hamstring, hip and shoulder issues and a withdrawal from the ATP Finals cited across reports.
• Andy Roddick questioned whether the 38-year-old can still train at previous intensity or keep his body intact over two-week best-of-five campaigns.
• Co-host Jon Wertheim countered that Djokovic relishes the test of “outflanking time,” framing the physical and competitive hurdles as added motivation.
• Organisers have him starting 2026 at the Adelaide International before the Australian Open, with recent reporting placing him in Dubai for training, and he has dismissed talk of retirement.