Two-time Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters champion Novak Djokovic stepped on Court Rainier III Monday at the Monte-Carlo Country Club for just his seventh match since 2017 Wimbledon. The Serbian arrived on a three-match losing streak, his first of that length since the end of 2007, when he dropped five in a row. But after defeating countryman Dusan Lajovic in under an hour with the loss of just one game, Djokovic delivered exciting news. “After two years finally I can play without pain,” Djokovic said. In February, the 30-year-old announced a ‘small medical intervention’ on his right elbow to help him recover from an injury that had bothered him for two years. The Serbian played his first matches since the Australian Open...
Two-time former Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters champion Novak Djokovic expresses his delight after a comfortable R1 victory and discusses his feelings about reuniting with former coach Marian Vajda. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Watch highlights as Novak Djokovic and Kei Nishikori secure wins to begin their 2018 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters campaigns. Photo: Realis/Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Novak Djokovic sent out a warning to his ATP World Tour rivals on Monday in his first match since reuniting with Marian Vajda, his coach from June 2006 to May 2017. Two-time former champion Djokovic didn’t let national sentiment, or even friendship, get in the way of a 6-0, 6-1 victory over fellow Serbian Dusan Lajovic at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. His fourth match win of the year came in 56 minutes. "I thought it was good considering the amount of matches I've played in the last almost 12 months," Djokovic said. "I thought all in all, it was a great start of the tournament." The ninth seed, who resides in a seafront Monte-Carlo apartment, required just 22 minutes to...
A number of ATP World Tour stars, led by Novak Djokovic, turned out in force to support the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation on Saturday, in a charity exhibition with participants of James Corden’s ‘A League of Their Own’ show on Courier Rainier III ahead of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Novak Djokovic, the 2013 and 2015 champion at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament, was the chair umpire as Marin Cilic, Grigor Dimitrov, Dominic Thiem, David Goffin, Lucas Pouille, Alexander Zverev and his older brother, Mischa Zverev, all took to the court against the celebrities from the UK television show. Former Liverpool and England footballer Jamie Redknapp and comedian Josh Widdicombe teamed up to win a tie-break 7/5...