4 weeks after lifting the record-extending tenth Norman Brookes Problem Cup on the Australian Open, Nole is about to return to court docket in Dubai.
5-time former champion and world no.1 Novak Djokovic returns to motion subsequent week in Dubai the place he gained the ATP 500 occasion in 2009-11, 2013 and 2020.
The event takes place on the Aviation Membership Tennis Centre (February 27-March 4).
Novak will open his Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships marketing campaign towards a qualifier.
The highest-seeded Serbian star might meet both Fixed Lestienne (FRA) or Tallon Griekspoor (NED) within the second spherical.
His attainable rivals within the later levels of the event are:
Quarter-finals: Hubert Hurkacz (POL, 5), Andy Murray (GBR)
Semi-finals: Daniil Medvedev (RUS, 3), Borna Coric (CRO, 8)
Finals: Andrey Rublev (RUS, 2), Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN, 4), Karen Khachanov (RUS, 6), Alexander Zverev (GER, 7)
Novak is making his thirteenth look (43-7 report), aiming for his sixth crown.
Final 12 months he was stopped by Czech Jiri Vesely within the quarter-final (4-6, 6-7).
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