MIAMI.- Novak Djokovic will not participate in the Miami Masters 1000which starts next week, due to an injury to his right shoulder, reported this Sunday the ATP citing tournament information.
The Serbian giant, 38 years old, competed in the last two weeks in the Indian Wells Masters 1000where he was eliminated on Wednesday in the round of 16 by the defending champion, the English Jack Draper.
Djokovic, who in recent years has been dosing his appearances on the circuit, also played the Indian Wells doubles category with the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipasfalling into the second phase.
The Balkan, who at the beginning of the year was runner-up in the Australian Openhas won the Miami tournament six times, equaling the American Andrew Agassi with the contest record.
Last year he made his return to the Florida competition, which he had not played since 2019, and advanced to the final, losing to the young Czech Jakub Mensik.
Sabalenka wins her first title at Indian Wells
In her third opportunity in the final, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka This Sunday he won his first trophy of the Indian Wells WTA 1000 by surpassing the Kazakh Elena Rybakina in the final “tie break”.
The world number one settled unfinished business against Rybakina with a comeback in which she resisted a match point and which ended with a score of 3-6, 6-3 and 7-6 (8/6).
Sabalenka, 27, took revenge on Rybakina for her losses in the Indian Wells finals in 2023 and the Australian Open finals last January.
The Belarusian, protagonist of great disappointments in finals, managed this time to contain her emotions and rebel against the ice tennis of Rybakina, who is guaranteed to rise to second place in the WTA.
For the first time in more than a decade, the two best tennis players in the world rankings faced each other for the Indian Wells trophy, one of the most prestigious outside of the Grand Slams.
Sabalenka was under the greatest pressure, not only for reigning for the first time in the Coachella Valley, after her 2023 loss and last year’s loss to Mirra Andreevabut to ratify his authority in the circuit.
