Former doubles world No 1 Nicolas Mahut has questioned Novak Djokovic\u2019s choice to play in Athens as he argued that the tennis great\u2019s scheduling \u201cisn\u2019t very coherent.\u201d<\/p>\n
Djokovic<\/a> is currently competing at the inaugural edition of the Hellenic Championship, an indoor hard-court ATP 250 tournament staged in Greece\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n The event, which replaced the Belgrade Open, is organised by the Djokovic family, with Novak\u2019s brother Djordje the tournament director. Djokovic and his family moved from Serbia to Greece in September.<\/p>\n Djokovic has revealed he will make a decision on his participation at the ATP Finals in Turin after his campaign at the Hellenic Championship.\u00a0The ATP Finals will begin on November 9, the day after the final in Athens.<\/p>\n The 38-year-old Serbian is seeking his second title of 2025 in Athens, having won his 100th and most recent ATP singles title at the ATP 250 in Geneva in May. Djokovic, who is ranked fifth in the world, is the top seed and favourite to win in Greece.<\/p>\n Should Novak Djokovic play the 2025 ATP Finals? Here\u2019s our verdict<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n What Andy Roddick said about smear campaign target Novak Djokovic leaving Serbia for Greece<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Speaking to Eurosport France, Mahut assessed Djokovic\u2019s end of season schedule and pointed out how the 24-time major winner\u2019s progress in Athens could impact him at the ATP Finals.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t understand this scheduling of the Athens tournament, even if it\u2019s his family organising it,\u201d said the five-time Grand Slam doubles champion.<\/p>\n \u201cLogically, he plays Shanghai, prepares indoors, and then plays the Rolex Paris Masters. But Athens is just the week before the Masters (ATP Finals).<\/p>\n \u201cHe travels, and if he reaches the final, it adds matches to his schedule every day because the tournament finishes the day before the Masters starts.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me, considering his plan to play the Masters, this scheduling isn\u2019t very coherent.\u201d<\/p>\n Mahut, who is 43, called time on his 25-year professional career at last week\u2019s Paris Masters, where he partnered Grigor Dimitrov in his last match.<\/p>\n The Frenchman revealed Djokovic had agreed to play doubles with him if he played the ATP 1000 event in Paris, but the Serb ultimately chose not to compete.<\/p>\n \u201cInitially, I was kind of waiting for Novak, who had told me at Roland Garros, \u2018If I come to Paris, I promise we\u2019ll play together.\u2019 In the end, he didn\u2019t come, so it was a bit tough,\u201d Mahut explained.<\/p>\n Following Mahut\u2019s retirement, Djokovic wrote on his Instagram story:\u00a0\u201cWell done Nico, congratulations on your brilliant career.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Novak Djokovic on Alcaraz-Sinner comparisons to Big Three rivalry and names most underrated player<\/a> The post Former world No 1 claims Novak Djokovic made a decision that \u2018isn\u2019t very coherent\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former doubles world No 1 Nicolas Mahut has questioned Novak Djokovic\u2019s choice to play in Athens as he argued that the tennis great\u2019s scheduling \u201cisn\u2019t very coherent.\u201d Djokovic is currently competing at the inaugural edition of the Hellenic Championship, an indoor hard-court ATP 250 tournament staged in Greece\u2019s capital. The event, which replaced the Belgrade […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Nicolas Mahut on Novak Djokovic\u2019s schedule<\/h2>\n
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