Novak Djokovic on Friday obtained a wildcard entry into the Swiss Indoors Basel, organising his first look on the match since 2011 because the 24-time Grand Slam champion pursues a spot on the ATP Finals and the 103rd title of his profession.
The 39-year-old Serbian arrives in Switzerland after a blended Asian swing, the place he captured a document seventh China Open crown earlier than struggling a shock second-round defeat by Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz on the Shanghai Masters, a match he has received a document 4 instances.
Djokovic has endured an uneven season by his lofty requirements. The former world primary exited the US Open in the primary spherical, his earliest Grand Slam defeat for the reason that 2006 Australian Open.
The choice so as to add Basel to his schedule comes as one thing of a shock after Djokovic stated following his early exit in Shanghai that he deliberate to play solely the Paris Masters, scheduled for November 2-8, earlier than the season-ending ATP Finals.
Basel affords Djokovic a possibility to strengthen his bid for a seventeenth ATP Finals look. He sits eleventh in the ATP Live Race to Turin and wishes to complete inside the highest 9, with world primary Jannik Sinner sidelined for the rest of 2026 as a result of of a persistent knee damage.
Djokovic will make his fourth look in Basel, having lifted the trophy in 2009 by beating Swiss nice Roger Federer in the ultimate.
He joins a powerful subject that features Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime and Americans Ben Shelton and Taylor Fritz on the ATP 500 indoor hard-court occasion, which runs from October 26-November 1.
