Alex de Minaur has elected not to compete at the Belgrade Open after confirming his place at the 2024 ATP Finals. De Minaur's spot was far from certain at the start of the week. He had moved ahead of Andrey Rublev in the final qualifying spot, but the Russian was only a minimal number of points behind him.

Alex de Minaur has become the first Australian since Lleyton Hewitt in 2004 to qualify for the season-ending ATP Finals after Novak Djokovic announced his withdrawal on Tuesday night. De Minaur was slated to play in Belgrade this week in an attempt to secure his place in the $23 million event in Turin,

Novak Djokovic won’t defend his ATP Finals title after ruling himself out on Tuesday due to an unspecified injury. Djokovic wrote in an Instagram story, “I was really looking forward to being there, but due to ongoing injury I won’t be playing next week.

Novak Djokovic won’t defend his ATP Finals title after ruling himself out Tuesday citing an injury, leaving the season-ending event without a member of the Big Three of men’s tennis for the first time in 23 years.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic pulls out of the ATP Finals because of injury, a move which sets the eight-man field for the event.

Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from next week’s ATP Finals in Turin with an unspecified injury, making this the first year since 2001 when there will be no member of the “Big Three” at the event.