Overview
- Djokovic announced on social media that he is “not quite physically ready to compete” at next week’s Adelaide International.
- He said his focus shifts to preparing for the Australian Open, with main-draw play starting on January 18 in Melbourne.
- The withdrawal means he will go straight into best-of-five competition without the tune-up he had planned.
- His decision follows a reduced late-2025 schedule that included pulling out of the ATP Finals after a November win in Athens and past injury-affected Slam semifinals.
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina now becomes the top seed in Adelaide, a field that loses its only top-10 entrant a day after Djokovic also said he was stepping away from the PTPA.