40 hours ago · Paris
‘Playing out of his mind’: Novak Djokovic hails Rinky Hijikata after Australian’s stunning win in Paris
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a sports story. The Guardian Sport, Sky Sports Football, ABC Australia, and BBC Sport are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to Paris. The first report grouped here was at 3 Nov 2026, 12:11 UTC. 5 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “‘Playing out of his mind’: Novak Djokovic hails Rinky Hijikata after Australian’s stunning win in Paris”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Hijikata wins 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 to end Serb’s ATP Finals hopes He becomes just fourth Australian to conquer Djokovic Rinky Hijikata has revealed he almost didn’t even take the court before notching the biggest win of his career to send the great Novak Djokovic crashing out of ATP Finals contention.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by BBC Sport
- New development reported by BBC Sport
- New development reported by ABC Australia
Djokovic breaks Paris Masters record and sets up clash with Aussie
- New development reported by Sky Sports Football
Djokovic out of ATP Finals race after shock Paris exit along with No 1 Zverev
- New development reported by The Guardian Sport
Same story, different outlets
4 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- The Guardian‘Playing out of his mind’: Novak Djokovic hails Rinky Hijikata after Australian’s stunning win in Paris
- Sky Sports FootballDjokovic out of ATP Finals race after shock Paris exit along with No 1 Zverev
- ABCDjokovic breaks Paris Masters record and sets up clash with Aussie
- BBCDjokovic keeps alive bid to squeeze into ATP Finals