He will play the “3 Kings and some nobodies” slam. Too much money on the table for easy work. He will turn up and put in 20% effort.

 

Depends on his recovery. 6 kings is an exhibition with no required effort and Athens is a home tournament he always planned to play so I think he will at least show up to help to sell the tickets. Not many big names there apart from Tsitsipas who could lose early.

 

I don't think he'll play Paris and Turin then!! He cannot win events too much anymore, not just grand slams, but even best 2 of 3 set matches, his body keeps betraying him...

 

It's sad to see Djoky struggling physically so much recently
I think he'll just show up at Six Kings for a paycheck. In Athens, I expect a good tournament from him. After that, he finishes his season and starts preparations for AO

 

I don't think he'll have a great 2026 though, he'll be turning 39 that May, we're seeing the end days of Djokovic, 2026 likely his last year!!

 

I think Djoky can still play well in Australia! Let's hope he makes at least semifinal in Melbourne and have a night match against Chuck or Sin City

 

Imagine if it's a Chuck vs. Sin City F for a 4th consecutive GS F, Zverev will be outraged!!

 

Djokovic should win Athens most likely!!

 

It's sad that Djoky never had a long-running home tournament like Rogie with Basel and Halle, and Rafa with Barcelona
Even when Rogie and Rafa were at their worst, they knew they could come back home and play in the most comfortable conditions

 

After watching the highlights I'd be amazed if he's still playing in 12 months.

Is it really worth it now? Body is regularly breaking down now in difficult conditions when he's won 3-4 games in a row.

Great at 38 he's still regularly reaching SFs but he has been a long way from 100% fit in pretty much every single one of them and the eventual results show that.

He will also want to retire on his terms rather than being forced out by injury so that also needs to be considered.

 

Injuries ended Rogie and Rafa ultimately, does Djokovic want to end up this way or retire on his own terms??

 

Hes signed up already right? Moot point

 

Djokovic should have been smarter with his schedule. What's the point of going to China with those tough conditions, just to skip the indoor season which is far more favorable for him?

 

Agree, two weeks of jungle weather conditions destroyed him. Should've played Paris, WTF and maybe a couple of matches in Athens. Dumb scheduling.

 

6 Kings, Athens, and call it for the year

Next season should be it, retire while you can still play a bit

We have to remember Djoker is still #3 in the race, even with this terrible season

 

This tournament in the end was important for him to show up rankingswise as he least defended some points & basically guaranteed that even a horrible 1st week loss at the Australian Open will still have him in the Top 10 somewhat.

His schedule in 2026 should be:

Either play a 250 before the Australian Open or miss it & just play the slam.

Play an Indoor event or 2 in February.

Then try & defend his 650 points from Miami last year by either playing Miami or Indian Wells... If he plays Indian Wells and does ok... no need to play Miami.

Then screw the clay season up the a$%%.. To hell with that at his age.

He'll be defending Geneva & 800 points from the French so bypass the claycourt season & the French & then just scrounge around at interim events and pick up some form & points there.

Play a leadup grasscourt event & then play Wimbledon.

If he's soon realises that he's doing soooo badly that he won't even qualify for the 2026 ATP finals... call it quits at Wimbledon.

If not,play the US OPEN just for the hell of it and if he does qualify for the ATP finals it's the perfect place to say goodbye.

One thing sure as shit he's not playing 2027... Book it!

 

Djokovic’s last year will highly likely be 2026!!

 

Will you root for Djoky in his last ever year?

 

Yes, whenever his final ever singles match will be!!

 

I’ll be glad to see his last match, then I’ll know he’s retired for good professionally!!

 

I hope Djoky's last match is Wimby final vs Chuck, and Djoky wins it to tie Rogie at 8. How awesome that would be?
Man can dream.

 

6 Kings Slam is giving him 1.5m for 1 match, he'd be a fool to not show up and play

 

He'll probably play 2 matches there: lose the SF he's slotted into already, and then the 3rd/4th place match unless he withdraws from it!! Else win the SF, and then either win or lose the F, two matches therefore...

 

six kings, he can donate the money to charity