"It's a shame I won't be playing at the Miami Masters this year, and I want to spend that precious time better with my family. Under the constraints of the pandemic, I need to balance my time on the tour and at home. I look forward to returning to Miami next year to compete. ”
Early yesterday morning Beijing time, men's singles world number one Djokovic spoke out on his personal social platform, saying that he would withdraw from this year's ATP 1000 Miami race, after he had won the championship here six times and created history.
After losing Djokovic, a star player, Miami can be said to have greatly discounted the lineup, after Federer and Nadal said early that they would not come to the competition.
So do you know which was the last time none of the Big Three participated in the Masters? That goes back to the distant 2004 Paris Masters...
The top seed of that year's tournament was American Roddick, the No. 2 seed Hewitt was in the bottom half, and Henman, Safin, Gaudio and others were among the top seeds.
In the final tournament, The 6th seed Safin and qualifier Stepanek met in the final, and Safin defeated his opponent in three sets to win the final championship.
In addition to the retired big three, last year's US Open men's singles champion Tim also withdrew from the tournament competition, the current world ranking of the top 100 players have 28 people have decided to withdraw, this year's Miami lineup has also been ridiculed by foreign media as "ATP500 or even 250 matches".
If all 72 players remain, the top eight seeds for the 2021 Miami Masters will be:
Medvedev
Tsitsipas
Zverev
Rublev
Schwartzman
Berrettini
Agut
Shapovalov
Such a top-eight seeded spot, after a few years, the Big Three gradually withdraw from men's tennis, should become more and more common, but now it still makes fans feel a little disappointed.
We all know that 2020 was affected by the epidemic, including the Miami Masters, and many events, including the Miami Masters, were not held, and the winner of the 2019 Masters was Federer.
Djokovic, the top seed of the tournament, lost to Spain's veteran Agut in the quarter-finals, and the 13th seed Medvedev lost to Federer in the quarterfinals, and both of them stopped in the men's singles round of 16.
The men's singles final was played between No. 7 seed Isner and No. 4 seed Federer, with the Swiss winner losing 6-1, 6-4.
With Djokovic retiring from the tournament, he will only be counted towards 50% (90 points) of his 2019 points under the current rules of points, and if Medvedev can win the championship in Miami, the point difference between him and Djokovic will narrow to about 1,000 points.
So do you think the prime minister can win the championship as he wishes? (Source: House of Tennis Author: Barbie)