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No rematch between Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic.

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There will be no rematch between Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic, at least for now. The Serbian tennis player has decided to skip the ATP 500 tournament in Doha, scheduled to begin next weekend, which will feature instead the world’Blue world number two and Carlos Alcaraz, fresh winner of the Australian Open.

Nole, who has been spotted these days in the stands watching ice skating competitions at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, has decided in the last few hours to forfeit. The Belgrade outfielder, who beat Sinner in Melbourne in the last Australian Open, is expected to return to the court in March, at the first two Masters 1000s of the season in the United States, in Indian Wells and Miami.

Luca FranzosiJim Courier does not hold back on Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz

Jim Courier doesn’t hold back on Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz
The'former world number one talked about the duopoly in the ATP circuit
"In the last two and a half years they have won all the Major tournaments", he told the Tennis Insider Club podcast

"They can play on any surface, they are young and they move incredibly well"
"I think they would be competitive with the Big Four"

"They probably grew up watching them and copying what they did"
"Jannik looks a lot like Novak in the way he moves and plays"
"Carlos doesn’t look like anybody: he’s his own guy. He took the best from everybody"
Sinner and Alcaraz will return to the court at the Doha ATP 500 tournament
L'Azzurro wants to make up points on the world number one

Sinner and Alcaraz, on the other hand, will be on court regularly at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, staged at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex. L’Azzurro, who last year at this time was beginning his suspension for the Clostebol case, has no points to defend and hopes to catch up with the Murcia-based tennis player.

In a recent interview Djokovic praised Sinner and Alcaraz: “I am sure they will dominate tennis for many years. We will see them for a long time at the top. But from my point of view Federer and Nadal are irreplaceable, when they retired, a part of me left tennis”.

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