Novak Djokovic has been in unfamiliar territory so far this year after suffering multiple losses on the ATP Tour.
Djokovic retired against Alexander Zverev at the Australian Open, suffering a leg injury that ended his latest bid for a 25th Grand Slam title in the quarter-final stage.
The Serbian lost three consecutive matches from this Australian Open retirement, before Djokovic reached the Miami Open final.
However, when switching his attention to the clay court swing, Djokovic’s problems appeared to resurface after losing his only match at the Monte Carlo Masters.
Alejandro Tabilo reveals that his injury diagnosis is ‘not good’
In his only match in Monte Carlo, Djokovic was beaten by Alejandro Tabilo in straight sets, in a performance that he described as ‘horrible’.
This is not the first time that this has happened, with Tabilo unbeaten against Djokovic after playing him twice on clay over the past year.
Tabilo went to lose his third round match against Grigor Dimitrov, and subsequently withdrew from his next tournament in Munich.
When providing an update as to why he withdraw from the ATP 500 tournament, the Chilean revealed that he had headed home to get a scan on his wrist.
On his Instagram story, Tabilo admitted that his diagnosis is ‘not good’ and that he would miss more tournaments in the coming weeks.
“Just left the clinic here in Chile for wrist pain,” said Tabilo. “Diagnosis is not good, but it could have been worse.
“Due to a bone edema in my left wrist I had to get out of Munich and will have to do it in a couple of other tournaments as well. Hope this can be resolved asap and I can get back on the courts. Thank you!”
Tabilo is currently entered into Masters 1000 tournaments in Madrid and Rome, as well as an ATP Challenger event in Aix-en-Provence where he is the defending champion.
With the world number 31 receiving this recent injury diagnosis, it could put his current ATP ranking at risk, as he has 685 points dropping off ahead of Roland Garros.
Gael Monfils and Jiri Lehecka also withdraw from the BMW Open
Tabilo has been one of a series of withdrawals from the ATP 500 tournament in Munich, with some coming at the very last-minute.
Gael Monfils has been impressing in 2025, that includes winning his 13th career title at the tournament in Auckland.
The 38-year-old was scheduled to keep that going in Munich, but withdrew from his first round match against Denis Shapovalov.
Jiri Lehecka made his withdrawal even later, just hours before playing his first round match in Munich against Luciano Darderi.
The world number 26 has struggled with multiple physical issues in recent months, and was replaced by lucky loser Christopher O’Connell, who had lost in the first round of Munich qualifying.
Some of the top players remaining in the Munich draw include Alexander Zverev, Ben Shelton, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Ugo Humbert.
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