Viktor Troicki says it is "too early" to speak about Novak Djokovic's potential participation in next year's Davis Cup qualifiers, but the Serbian team captain acknowledges that having the record 24-time Grand Slam champion would be a major boost to his team.
Throughout his career, Djokovic has been very high on representing Serbia and he owns a record of 46 wins for his country in the Davis Cup. But in February, the 38-year-old was unable to play for Serbia in their qualifiers tie against Denmark after sustaining a hamstring injury at the Australian Open.
Since Serbia lost to Denmark, they had to play Turkiye in mid-September for a spot in the 2026 qualifiers. And while Djokovic was not present again because the tie came just days after he concluded his US Open run, the Serbs still routinely got the job done and beat the Turkish side 3-1.
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Between February 06-08, Serbia will face Chile in an away tie. The winner of the tie will reach the Davis Cup Finals group stage.
Troicki: With Djokovic, we would be one of the strongest Davis Cup teams
It is too early to say if Novak will be on the team. Definitely with him, we would be one of the strongest teams, and Novak has already helped us many times by winning his matches. We have to see after the Australian Open, depending on the result, how he fares and how he feels," Troicki told El Mercurio.
We assume the matches will be played on clay Some of our tennis players usually go to South America to play the Latin America Swing, so they are adapted to the clay court. Its a very difficult series for both nations I know how involved the crowd can be there.
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In 2010, Djokovic led Serbia to their first and only Davis Cup title.
Djokovic stated multiple times this year that at this stage of his career, Grand Slams and representing his country are the most important things.
