{"id":58021,"date":"2025-06-24T02:18:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58021"},"modified":"2025-06-24T02:18:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:18:39","slug":"just-in-novak-djokovic-makes-expected-decision-before-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58021","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Novak Djokovic makes expected decision before Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"web_share\">\n<div class=\"butt_container\">\n<div id=\"share_btn1_156896\" class=\"sharex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"header_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennisworldusa.org\/imgb\/163557\/just-in-novak-djokovic-makes-expected-decision-before-wimbledon.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennisworldusa.org\/imgb\/163557\/just-in-novak-djokovic-makes-expected-decision-before-wimbledon.webp\" alt=\"JUST IN: Novak Djokovic makes expected decision before Wimbledon\" \/><figcaption><i class=\"photo-credit\">\u00a9 Djokovic United\/X &#8211; Fair Use<\/i><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"text_box\">\n<p>Novak Djokovic maybe didn&#8217;t sign up for any main-level tournaments before Wimbledon but he will still get some action before this week after confirming his participation at an exhibition tournament in Hurlingham.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, the Serb &#8211; now ranked at No. 6 in the world &#8211; preferred to only play an exhibition match or two the week before The Championships. And after the 38-year-old didn&#8217;t agree to play in any ATP grass tournaments, it was pretty clear that he was planning to go the same route this year.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic organizers announced Djokovic as a participant of this year&#8217;s event in Hurlingham. While the Hurlingham exhibition starts on Tuesday, the record 24-time Grand Slam champion is slated to play his first and probably only match on Friday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1937124567098564638&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennisworldusa.org%2Ftennis%2Fnews%2FNovak_Djokovic%2F156896%2Fjust-in-novak-djokovic-makes-expected-decision-before-wimbledon%2F&amp;sessionId=fe3f440c4ef71bf595734e57146a2e3eb2c6e01b&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1937124567098564638\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>For Djokovic, this will be his fourth consecutive appearance at the Hurlingham Club. In each of the past three years, he played one match and ended victorious on every occasion &#8211; Felix Auger Aliassime (2022), Frances Tiafoe (2023) and Daniil Medvedev (2024).<\/p>\n<h2>Hurlingham has served as a good Wimbledon preparation for Djokovic<\/h2>\n<p>The Serb went on to make the Wimbledon final every time after playing at the Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic &#8211; he made it all the way at The Championships in 2022 while he finished as runner-up in 2023 and 2024. He will certainly be hoping for something similar this year since he considers Wimbledon his &#8220;best shot&#8221; at claiming another Grand Slam title.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wimbledon is next, which is my childhood favorite tournament. 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