The European team was the main favorite before the start of the 2022 Laver Cup. With Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray, Berrettini, Tsitsipas and Ruud together, the Blues line-up didn’t seem to give the rest of the world a chance. But there were plenty of surprises, including Nole’s loss to Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Novak Djokovic has an important message for his fans after Roger Federer’s retirement from tennis

Djokovic loses to Aliassime – The Serb has problems with his right wrist

The Serb talked about his performance at the Laver Cup, giving important information about his health.

Yes, the former ATP leader says, among other things, that he has problems with his right wrist. This could be a good explanation for the unconvincing performance in the match with Alyassime.

Nole has not played an official match since winning the title at Wimbledon, the Serbian’s 21st career Grand Slam.

“To be honest, I struggled with my right wrist for four or five days. Everything was under control at first, but two games (without Saturday, September 24) must have had an impact. Today (without Sunday) was not easy.

I couldn’t pitch as hard or as accurately as I would have liked. I haven’t played matches for almost three months, and the conditions here are quite strange, I often have the feeling that the ball is big and slow.

You have to develop a lot of speed with your wrists, so I felt more and more pain. I don’t care about my level, but I am a little worried about my wrist.

I will try to take care of it with the physio to be ready for my first match in Tel Aviv” – Novak Djokovicquoted by Eurosport.

The rest of the world won the Laver Cup for the first time

The Rest of the World team won the Laver Cup for the first time after successfully defeating the European team with a score of 13-8.

After participating in the competition at the O2 Arena, Novak Djokovic announced that he will compete in two tournaments in the near future: the Tel Aviv Open (ATP 250, September 26 – October 2) and received a wild card for the Astana Open (ATP 500). ), which will take place on October 3-9.

Nole hopes to win a place at the Tournament of Champions in Turin (November 13-20, 2022).

Joker is currently ranked 15th in the ATP Race ranking with 1,970 points. Currently, Oleksandr Zverev occupies the last place in the qualification (he has 2700 points).

Mathematically, Carlos Alcaraz (6460 points) and Rafael Nadal (5810) have already qualified.