Tabilo, a three-time ATP champion and the current world number 81, ousted Djokovic 6-2 6-3 in their first meeting at the 2024 Rome Masters. During this year’s clay-court season, the two met again – this time at the Masters event in Monte Carlo – and the Chilean once recorded a 6-3 6-4 victory. At the end of 2025, the Serbian tennis giant secured his first victory over the 28-year-old after a 7-6 (3) 6-1 victory on the hard courts of Athens.
Chile will host Serbia in the Davis Cup qualifier between February 6 and 8. The general expectation is that the host country will choose to play the tie on clay.
Tabilo: Our audience would like to see Djokovic, but I would rather him not come
“It will be a very tough series against Serbia, and we’ll see if Novak comes. For the crowd it would obviously be incredible if he comes, but for us I’d rather he doesn’t come, haha… We hope that a lot of people will come and support, whether Djokovic comes or not, and we will do everything we can to try to give the series to Chile. It would be nice to play against him in Chile, with the whole crowd. It would be incredible,” said the reigning champion from Chengdu. At Court.
Earlier this month, Serbian Davis Cup team captain Viktor Troicki was asked if Djokovic would play against Chile. Troicki noted it was “too early” to talk about that as the tie in Chile takes place shortly after the Australian Open.
Djokovic led Serbia to its only Davis Cup title in 2010 and it remains to be seen whether he will play Chile in early February.
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