BELGRADE, Serbia — Novak Djokovic will open the brand new tennis season on the Brisbane Worldwide event, a warmup occasion for the Australian Open.
“I’m excited to be kicking off my Australian swing on the Brisbane Worldwide and to compete once more at Pat Rafter Enviornment,” Djokovic, who will probably be looking for his one hundredth tour-level title, mentioned.
It will likely be solely the second time the Djokovic performs on the occasion, having misplaced to Ernests Gulbis within the first spherical in 2009.
The event is scheduled for Dec. 29 — Jan. 5 with Grigor Dimitrov, Holger Rune, Frances Tiafoe and Nick Kyrgios additionally set to compete.
Djokovic is a 24-time Grand Slam champion who has spent extra weeks at No. 1 than every other participant in tennis historical past.
He introduced final month he employed Andy Murray as his coach to work collectively on the Australian Open, a Grand Slam occasion he gained report 10 occasions,
The Australian Open begins on Jan. 12.
The 37-year-old Djokovic gained just one event in 2024, claiming his first Olympic gold medal on the Paris Video games in August.
