Novak Djokovic arrived in Indian Wells a little later than all the other players, but he immediately started practicing with huge intensity. The former world number 1 has not achieved brilliant results in California in recent years,
Novak Djokovic dreams of lifting his sixth career trophy at the Indian Wells Masters 1000, a tournament in which he has achieved many wonderful victories but also some very surprising defeats. The most shocking was certainly last year,
Over the course of his long career, Novak Djokovic has broken almost all men's tennis records and deserves to be considered as the best ever (at least in terms of numbers).
Novak Djokovic knows that his chances of winning the 25th Grand Slam title of his legendary career are very much linked to the progress of this season. The former world number 1 is about to turn 38 and is perfectly aware that it will be increasingly difficult to compete against opponents much younger than him in best-of-five set matches.
In a long interview with 'Tennis365', top analyst Marcus Buckland revealed Djokovic's main problem at this point in his career: “It’s all going to be down to his fitness. I saw images of him the other day limping, so we don’t entirely know where he is physically heading into Indian Wells. There are one or two question marks there.”
Novak Djokovic has become one of the best athletes of all time not only because of his immense talent, which has often been underestimated, but also because he has had the ability to improve obsessively from all points of view.
Novak Djokovic has to win the 100th title of his legendary career and has not lifted an ATP trophy since the 2023 ATP Finals, when he defeated local idol Jannik Sinner in the final. If he hadn't won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics last summer,
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.
Novak Djokovic's career has been full of incredible triumphs, which have allowed him to become one of the best athletes of all time. When he won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics in the summer of 2024, the whole world had to bow down to the Serbian legend who played a crazy tournament and defeated Carlos Alcaraz in the final on red clay.