![]() ![]() I’m getting closer to 100 percent - still not there, but the important thing is there is no pain. I had almost three weeks with no tennis, so these last few days it’s really been about getting as much tennis practice as possible. Probably only five or six days ago, we knew that it is going to be possible. “I didn’t know whether I was going to be here or not. “It was always in my plan to be here and participate in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships,” said Djokovic. ![]() The big-hitting Serb will start his campaign at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium against Tomas Machac, searching for a sixth win in the emirate’s famous tournament, which runs this year from Feb. 1 Novak Djokovic insists that while he may have only been given the medical all-clear to compete at this week’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships as recently as five days ago, he has no intention of using this week’s ATP 500 tournament as competitive training, revealing that he values every trophy he wins “three or four times more than he did 10 years ago.”ĭjokovic, 35, battled with a hamstring tear last month on route to winning a 10th Australian Open and returns on Tuesday for the first time since lifting the trophy, his record-equalling 22nd Grand Slam title. ![]()
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