Breaking: Novak Djokovic withdraws from French Open 2024!

Jannik Sinner is the new World No.1 after Novak Djokovic's unfortunate withdrawal.

Breaking: Novak Djokovic withdraws from French Open 2024!

Novak Djokovic (Via IMAGO)

Shocking news from the French Open as defending champion Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the ongoing tournament. The Serbian, who has rarely withdrawn due to an injury was forced to pull out after last night’s fall.

During his match against Francisco Cerundolo, the Serbian suffered a nasty fall while chasing after the Argentine’s forehand. He fell hard and was soon forced to call a medical timeout. At that moment, all the fans were not very worried about his knee, but soon Djokovic revealed that he was already suffering from immense pain and might have injured himself after the fall.

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As expected, the Serbian took an MRI of the knee and the results came out today. All the eyes were on him and everyone understood what the results meant when Djokovic canceled his practice. Soon, news flowed in that he had suffered a meniscus tear on his right knee and had to withdraw from the tournament.

With that, Casper Ruud gets a free pass to the semi-finals of the Roland Garros, making it his third consecutive now. He will now face the winner of Alexander Zverev and Alex De MInaur for a spot in the finals.

Jannik Sinner reaches career-high ranking of World No.1 after Novak Djokovic pulled out of the French Open

After receiving unfortunate news about his right knee, Novak Djokovic was forced to pull out of the French Open. A bad fall turned out to injure his right knee and with that, the defending champion is out of the tournament, giving Casper Ruud a straight pass to the semi-finals.

Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic (Image via Imago)

With this, the Serbian also failed to make it to the finals, meaning he lost about 1600 points, allowing Jannik Sinner to surpass him. The Italian has now reached a career-high ranking of World No.1 and will officially be titled that after Roland Garros.

Tough news for Djokovic, who fought extremely hard over the last week to make it where he is despite a disappointing year. The Serbian has not spoken about it to the press and the whole tennis world is looking forward to it.

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