Novak Djokovic

Draw Completed, Stage Now Set For Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, June 25, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The Wimbledon draw ceremony, in which names are drawn randomly to select the first round match-ups for this year’s third – and grandest – major, took place Friday morning at the All England […]

Djokovic, Gomez-Herrera Reach Doubles Final In Mallorca

CALVIA, June 24, 2021 Novak Djokovic has returned to a doubles final for the first time in 11 years. Alongside Spaniard Carlos Gomez-Herrera, the singles World No. 1 defeated No. 3 seeds Oliver Marach from Austria and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of […]

Djokovic, Gomez-Herrera Advance In Doubles At Mallorca Championships

CALVIA/MALLORCA, June 23, 2021 All eyes on doubles in Calvia, as singles World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and his Spanish partner Carlos Gomez-Herrera won their second consecutive match to reach the semi-finals at the inaugural Mallorca Championships. The wild card […]

Djokovic’s Roland-Garros Triumph Was A Win-Win

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 15, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Novak Djokovic rewrote tennis history with his come-from-behind 6-7 (8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas to win his second Roland-Garros men’s championship and 19th Grand Slam trophy overall on Sunday […]

Djokovic Digs Deep, Wins Second Roland-Garros Title

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 13, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Following his brilliant four-set victory over 13-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal two days earlier, Novak Djokovic had a chance to win his 19th Grand Slam singles title in the men’s championship of […]

Paris Fortnight Comes Down To Men’s Final

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 13, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) What began a fortnight ago with 128 players – including the Big Three of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer all in the upper half of the draw – the French Open […]

Djokovic Breaks Nadal’s Roland-Garros Reign

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 11, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) There’s plenty of shared history between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Enough to fill an encyclopedia. The two future Hall of Famers have combined to create the most prolific rivalry in men’s tennis […]

Djokovic Survives From Two Sets Down At Roland Garros

PARIS, June 7, 2021 (by Alessandro Boroch) For the fifth time in his career, World No. 1 Novak Djokovic completed a comeback from two sets down to secure a place in the Roland Garros quarterfinal round. The 17-time major champion […]

Djokovic Delights Home Crowd, Wins Belgrade Open

BELGRADE, May 29, 2021 Novak Djokovic delighted his home crowd by winning the 2021 Belgrade Open on Saturday. On a sunny and warm afternoon with temperatures above 25 degrees Celsius in Serbia’s capital city, the World No. 1 defeated Slovakian […]

Djokovic To Face Molcan In Belgrade Open Final

BELGRADE/STARNBERG, May 29, 2021 Novak Djokovic and Alex Molcan will play the singles final of the Belgrade Open. The World No. 1 defeated Slovakian qualifier Andrej Martin 6-1, 4-6, 6-0 on Friday afternoon at the Novak Tennis Center. In the […]