In 2024, Tennis Was Busy With Action On and Off the Court

The most unexpected revelation was the news that Novak Djokovic, who separated with his pulmonary time coach Goran Ivanishevic in March and played largely without a coach without a coach, suddenly announced that it was a Andy Murraygth.

The movement dissipated any rumor that Djokovic, 37, who did not win a specialization in 2024 for the first time since 2017, but captured a gold medal at the Paris Olympic Games on Alcaraz, it is a snack retirement. He also delivered a message to his enemies that Djokovic points to a record record 25 in 2025.

“I feel that I can still play at the highest level,” Djokovic told Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport in November. “Sinner and Alcaraz have established themselves as the two best players in the world, not to forget [Alexander] Zverev. “

“However, physically and mentally I am ready to play my tennis again and I have the feeling that I can challenge these boys,” he added.

When hiring Murray, who retired this summer as three times older champion and former No. 1, Djokovic is joining forces with a rival of his Junior days. The two played 36 professional games with Djokovic winning Murray in four Australian Open Finals and Murray hit him in the finals at the US Open 2012 and Wimbledon in 2013.

“We were going through different names, and I realized that the perfect coach for me at this time would be some who have gone through the experiences that I am happening,” Djokovic told Sky Sports last month. “This collaboration is a surprise for me and everyone.”

The Djokovic-Murray alliance was not the only surprising training change. Hubert Hurkacz, who worked with Craig Boynton for five years, added two new coaches, former ATP champion and eight times older Ivan Lendl, and Nicolas Massu, a gold medista at the 2004 Olympic Games. Zverev.

Among women, Elena Rybakina threw her former Stefano Vukov coach in favor of Ivanisevic. Naomi Osaka separated from Wim Fissette, whom he snatched from Zheng upon his return from the maternity leave last year, and associated with Patrick Mouratoglou, who trained Serena Williams for a decade. Swiatek then grabbed Fissette after letting Tomasz WikTorowski go with whom he won five specializations and ascended to number 1.

While many players were on vacation on the beaches and mountains, the largest postseason pump was Swiatek’s admission that he tested positive for the prohibited trimetazidine substance, also known as TMZ, which appeared in a melatonin. The resulting prohibition of a month, most of which Swiatek served after the United States Open, forced her to jump asian autumn and led her to give up the ranking No. 1 to Sabalenka, who won the Australian and the United States.

Swiatek’s prohibition followed the news, on the eve of the US Open, which Sinner had tested positive for Closalebole, the prohibited anabolic steroid. Sinner, as Swiateek, successful argued that the tiny amount of the substance in his system was due to his physiotherapist inadvertently rubbing the healing cream in his butt. He did not meet suspension time, but he was forced to lose the money from the awards and the classification points since its semifinal end in Indian Wells in March.

Unlike Simona Halep, Martina Hingis and Maria Sharapova, all of which served suspensions for Doping, Swiatek and Sinner were withdrawn with relative ease, which caused some tour contemporaries to complain publicly about the treatment of stars. Both players recognize emotional tolls.

“This experience, the most difficult of my life so far, taught me a lot,” Swiatek said in a video posted on his social networks at the end of November. “All this will definitely remain with me for the rest of my life.”

There was also a lot of joy in 2024. Sinner and Alcaraz claimed two elders. Alcaraz still finished the season occupied the third place behind Sinner and Zverev, who won the ATP Masters 1000 titles in Rome and Paris inside and ended with a 69-21 record compared to the 54-13 of Alcaraz. Sinner directed the tour with a 73-6 record.

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Taylor Fritz and Jessica Pegula of the United States assumed fulfilling their promise reaching the final of the United States Open. Emma Navarro, Jack Draper and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard tested glimpse of stars to come.

But if 2024 will be remembered for youth exuberance, it will also be appreciated for those who left the game forever.

In total, some 23 ATP professionals retired in 2024. Among them were Murray, Thiem, Juan Martin del Potro, Steve Johnson and Ivo Karlovic. Angelique Kerber, a headline in Wimbledon and Australian and Us Open, and former Garbiñe Muguruza No. 1 also left the game, just like Shelby Rogers.

Roger Federer, the great retired tennis, paid tribute to Thiem, who reached three main finals, but was finally shot down by a weakening Wist injury.

“No matter the surface, you always found a way to beat your thunderous,” Federer said. “But most importantly, you did it with grace and sports spirit.”

Del Potro, who beat Rafael Nadal and Federer to win the 2009 Open, played his last tour in February 2022. But he played the court in his native Argentina in an emotional farewell exhibition against Djokovic that left Het Teeels Teels Tears Tears Tears Tearsres.

But the true sentimentality was reserved for Nadal, who played his last game, a defeat for the Dutch Botic Van de Zandschulp in the Davis Cup in Malaga, Spain. After the Netherlands defeated Spain, ending with the 22 -year -old races, including 14 in the France Open, there was, at the request of Nadal, a discreet greeting on the court.

Federer, Djokovic, Murray and Serena Williams delivered video taxes. Federer also wrote a love letter to his friend in which he said: “You know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game.”

“I want you to know that your old friend is always encouraging you, and he will be encouraging so strong for everything Dox.”

Nadal then went to the crowd giving a length speech, mainly in Spanish, which never before. Looking close, with faces stained with tears, were his wife, Maria Perello, little son, Rafa Jr., his parents, sister, coaches and support team and his uncle, Tony, who guided him during his years of training.

He placed a peak of all and achieved a typically crooked Nadal smile.