pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a has withdrawn from the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/cincinnati/422/overview'Cincinnati Open/a, the tournament announced on Thursday./p
pThe Serbian owns a 45-12 record at the ATP Masters 1000 hard-court event, triumphing in 2018, 2020 and 2023. Twelve months ago, Djokovic defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a in an epic a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com//en/news/djokovic-alcaraz-cincinnati-2023-final-flashback" target="_blank"deciding-set tie-break in the title match/a./p
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pThe 37-year-old holds a 29-7 record on the season, having captured his first Olympic gold medal in the menrsquo;s singles at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/paris/96/2024/results'Paris Olympics/a last week, when he defeated Alcaraz in two tie-breaks less than two months after undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee to take a 4-3 lead in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series./p
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pDjokovic is currently sixth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin. The seven-timenbsp;a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a champion is trying to qualify for the season finale for the 17th time. Since 2007, the only year in which he missed out was 2017. The 2024 year-end championships will be held in Turin from 10-17 November./p
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