{"id":75036,"date":"2025-07-18T16:36:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=75036"},"modified":"2025-07-18T16:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:37:06","slug":"world-no-6-novak-djokovic-makes-big-decision-ahead-of-us-open-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/world-no-6-novak-djokovic-makes-big-decision-ahead-of-us-open-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"World No. 6 Novak Djokovic Makes Big Decision Ahead of US Open 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic, who is tied with Margaret Court for the most majors in the history of the game, has made an interesting decision ahead of the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/tennis\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>US Open<\/a> 2025. The Serbian icon, who is chasing a record-breaking trophy at Flushing Meadows, won his last Grand Slam at New York &ndash; two years ago. Can he overcome the odds to regain his lost crown?<\/p><p>After a significantly poor start to the season, Djokovic won the elusive 100th career championship at the Geneva Open. Since then, the 38-year-old has lost two consecutive semifinals to Jannik Sinner &ndash; at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Entering the next stretch of the season with a 26-9 record this year, Djokovic will be shifting major focus to the US Open. Whilst he is competing in the mixed doubles event alongside Olga Danilovic, his main goal will be to win a 5th title in New York.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Championship Point | Novak Djokovic Wins Record-Equalling 24th Grand Slam Title | 2023 US Open\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DjymMoUzK5s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>The US Open this year will take place between 24 August and 7 September, 2025. Ahead of the highly anticipated competition, here&rsquo;s what <em>&lsquo;The Djoker&rsquo; <\/em>has decided.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Novak Djokovic to Sport All-Black Kit at US Open 2025<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Novak Djokovic has revealed he will be going all black at the US Open.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NCJnUdWw87\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/NCJnUdWw87<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Danny (@DjokovicFan_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DjokovicFan_\/status\/1945821251525918926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>July 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>On Thursday, reports emerged that Djokovic is set to wear an all-black outfit at the upcoming US Open. The Serb, who has been sporting a blue top over the past few years, will be hoping that a change in colour will bring about a change in fortunes for him. According to Australia&rsquo;s former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios, Djokovic is unlikely to play for more than a year from now. If so, the US Open could be his best shot at glory.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\"Creo que la carrera de Djokovic terminar&aacute; pronto. En Indian Wells le pregunt&eacute; '&iquest;Por qu&eacute; est&aacute;s aqu&iacute;? &iquest;Por qu&eacute; est&aacute;s jugando?' y simplemente me respondi&oacute; 'No lo s&eacute;'. No creo que juegue por m&aacute;s de un a&ntilde;o m&aacute;s\"<br><br>&#128483;&#65039; Nick Kyrgios en All on the table <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9lUneUOIP0\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/9lUneUOIP0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESPN Tenis (@ESPNtenis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNtenis\/status\/1945996948387012877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>July 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Speaking of Australians, Djokovic&rsquo;s 2024 US Open campaign was cut short by Alexei Popyrin in the Round of 32. Nonetheless, it is a tournament and surface that has given him tons of success in the past. While Sinner remains an impending obstacle, fellow rival Carlos Alcaraz does not have the best of records at the final major of the year.<\/p><p>Can Novak Djokovic become the untouchable benchmark of Grand Slam success at the 2025 US Open? We will find out soon.<\/p><p><em>(Image Credits: Robert Deutsch, Imagn Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Djokovic won the US Open title in 2011, 2015, 2018 &#038; 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":75039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4770],"tags":[4917,4948,5619,4949,4936,5113,7904],"class_list":["post-75036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-atp","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-jannik-sinner","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-tennis","tag-us-open","tag-us-open-2025"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World No. 6 Novak Djokovic Makes Big Decision Ahead of US Open 2025 - 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