John Isner voiced his opinion about why Novak Djokovic had a better season than Ben Shelton. He chose the Serb over the American as the third-best player behind Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. Ad Novak Djokovic concluded his 2025 season after competing at the Hellenic Championships. He won his 101st title in this tournament after besting Lorenzo Musetti in the final round by registering a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 win. He nabbed two titles this season and reached the semi-finals of all four majors. Thanks for the submission! Shelton, on the other hand, wrapped up his season after the ATP Finals. He reached the third group stage, where Jannik Sinner bested him. The American won one title this season at the Canadian Open. Ad Trending Discussing who was the 3rd best player this season behind Alcaraz and Sinner, Isner, Querrey, and Steve Johnson voiced their opinions in the latest episode of the ‘Nothing Major’ podcast. While Querrey and Johnson chose Shelton, considering his numbers and performance throughout the year, Isner disagreed with them and said: “No, I like the numbers. I disagree with the overall take. I like the numbers. You brought the brought the facts,” said Isner (11: 18 onwards). Ad Explaining why Novak Djokovic is the correct answer, he further added (12: 31 onwards): “I’m going to say Novak had the third best year. Played a like 12 tournaments. He made the semi-finals of all four slams and do this at 38 years old. I think the answer is Novak and I think that’s a pretty easy answer, but I like that, you know, Jack’s on Felix, you guys are on Ben. I did not see the Ben Shelton answer coming, but I like it. The more I think about it, I like it. I don’t think it’s the correct answer, but I like where you guys are going. I’m going with Novak. He was ridiculous this year. What he did at 38. We haven’t seen this before, ever. Um, and he’s still going. So, in all likelihood, he’s going to make some more slam semi-finals next year.” Ad Ad John Isner makes major claim about Novak Djokovic’s future plans while playing at the Shanghai Masters Novak Djokovic was very cautious with his schedule this season. He took several breaks this season, returning to the court after competing in Wimbledon in July, and resumed play on September 6 for the US Open. Following this, he then competed at the Shanghai Masters, which commenced on September 11. Ad His absence led to speculation about his future. However, John Isner claimed that the Serb’s return to Shanghai portrays his willingness to compete in the next season. “I think he’s playing this because he’s obviously taking a lot of time off this year. He clearly wants to play next year. He wouldn’t play if he wasn’t planning on playing a similar type of schedule he played this year, then next year, he would not be playing Shanghai. I think too much time off for him would be a big detriment to him,” he said (11: 06 onwards). Ad He also discussed how the 38-year-old has achieved considerable success in Shanghai. Novak Djokovic recently hinted that he may not retire for the next three years, as he opened up about his desire to play at the 2028 LA Olympics. × Feedback Why did you not like this content? Clickbait / Misleading Factually Incorrect Hateful or Abusive Baseless Opinion Too Many Ads Other Was this article helpful? Thank You for feedback How did Novak Djokovic meet Jelena Ristic? All about the most admired couples in tennis Edited by Riddhiman Sarkar.
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John Isner explains why Novak Djokovic had better 2025 season over Ben Shelton as 3rd best player behind Carlos Alcaraz & Jannik Sinner
