9月17日晚，德约科维奇在个人微博上发文宣布：将缺席今年的中国赛季。这意味着他将不会出现在今年的上海大师赛赛场上。
全文如下：
Over the years, some of the best support I receive anywhere in the world is in China. Shanghai has always been one of my favorite tournaments in the season. I will be missing my NoleFam in China. I hope that I can come back to China in the future and play in front of all of you again
根据ATP赛事规则，上海劳力士大师赛作为强制参赛的1000分级别赛事，世界排名前78位（含排名保护）的球员都将出战男单正赛，除非受到伤病困扰或满足豁免条件（年龄超过30岁，在ATP巡回赛征战超过13年，且胜场超过600场）
【来源：当事人账号】