Novak Djokovic started the 2025 season with some strong performances at the Australian Open – one of his all-time favourite tournaments – where he reached the semi-finals, but a left thigh injury prevented him from continuing his run at Melbourne Park.

However, his performance against Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals proved to the whole world that the Serbian legend is still very dangerous in the most important events on the calendar.

On the contrary, the 37-year-old from Belgrade was prematurely eliminated both at the Brisbane International (by Reilly Opelka) and at the Doha ATP 500 (by Matteo Berrettini).

The former world number 1 has failed for the moment the chance to win the 100th title of his legendary career, but he will try to reach this milestone by the end of 2025.

Djokovic can earn points

His next tournament will be the Indian Wells Masters 1000, where he has won a lot during his career although the surface is not ideal for his game.

It is no coincidence that Nole has struggled a lot to play his best tennis in this tournament in recent years and in 2024 he suffered a truly shocking elimination against the young Italian Luca Nardi.

That means the 24-time Grand Slam champion will only defend 50 points in the first Masters 1000 of the season, with the potential to earn 950 points if he lifts his sixth trophy in California.

The current world number 7 could return to the Top 4 if he wins in Indian Wells, waiting to see if he decides to participate in the Miami Open this year.

Novak appears on the entry list of the Miami Masters 1000, but he has not played this tournament since 2019 and has always preferred to recharge his batteries in view of the tournaments on the red clay.

It would be very important for Djokovic to get closer to the top positions of the ATP ranking again in view of Roland Garros, so as to avoid having to face one of the top four players in the world already in the quarterfinals (as happened in Melbourne at the beginning of the year).