Novak marked his return to competitive play on Tuesday afternoon with an impressive display of power tennis and excellent movement. Competing for the first time since Wimbledon 2017, Djokovic moved past Donald Young 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in one hour and 52 minutes on Margaret Court Arena.

Novak, a record six–time AO titlist, is set to play in his first tour event after Wimbledon last summer. The 30-year-old Serbian star is no.14 seed and will open campaign against world no.63 Donald Young (USA). It will be their third career meeting (2-0 H2H).

Novak Djokovic is the new member of Asics family. The news was announced at a launch in Melbourne on Thursday, where the Japan-based footwear company introduced the new Gel Resolution Novak shoe.

"I'm smilling, inside and outside. I just love this sport so much," the 12-time Grand Slam champion said. “I was waiting for this moment for six months to get out on the court and play a match. I got a great opponent today, the No. 5 in the world, so it was a fantastic test for me to see where I am. So glad to be back and so nice to start in a country and a city where I have the greatest memories.”

After pulling out from Abu Dhabi exho and ATP Doha event due to pain in his right elbow, Novak is travelling to Australia where he will take part in two exhibition tournaments. After the two events, the decision will be made about his participation at the first Grand Slam of the season, the Australian Open (15-28 January, 2018), where Nole has been crowned champion six times.

The best Serbian tennis player will not defend his Qatar ExxonMobil Open title. Novak has pulled out of January's Australian Open warm-up event in Doha, as the situation with his elbow has not changed for better since yesterday when he was forced to withdraw from Abu Dhabi exhibition.

Novak has withdrawn from the Mubadala WTC exhibition event due to pain in his right elbow. The Serbian star was scheduled to return to tennis on Friday, December 29, after being out of the game for nearly six months.

Czech tennis player Radek Stepanek has joined the coaching team of Novak Djokovic for the next season, which was announced tonight in quite an interesting way - through an Instagram live. One of the best Czech tennis players in history is set to partner with American Andre Agassi in the team, as Novak's tennis coach.

Nole will return to action at the 10th staging of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship from December 28-30. Djokovic completes the star-studded field alongside Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem, Stan Wawrinka, Pablo Carreno Busta and Milos Raonic.

After six phenomenal months of our virtual travel around the world and getting to know the biggest #NoleFam groups, the time has come to close this year's #MeetNoleFam interview series. For the final interview, we are going back to China to meet the second biggest NoleFam group of the country that shares similar traditional and family values to Serbia.