21. 03. 2011. ·
The draw has been made for the Sony Ericsson Open ($3,645,000), the second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in 2011.
The best Serbian tennis player is second seed and has a first-round BYE. He will open his campaign against either Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) or a qualifier.
Novak’s potential opponents in the later stages of the tournament are:
3rd round: James Blake (USA,WC), Thomaz Bellucci (BRA,27)
4th round: Viktor Troicki (SRB,16), Sam Querrey (USA, 19)
Quarter-finals: Andy Murray (GBR,5), Fernando Verdasco (ESP,9), John Isner (USA,30)
Semi-finals: Robin Soderling (SWE,4), David Ferrer (ESP,6), Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI,12), Mardy Fish (USA,14), Richard Gasquet (FRA,17), Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)
Rafael Nadal (ESP,1), Roger Federer (SUI,3), Tomas Berdych (CZE,7), Andy Roddick (USA,8) … are in the upper part of the draw.
Last year Nole lost in the second round to Belgian Olivier Rochus 2-6, 7-6(7), 4-6.
Novak was Miami champion four years ago.
The winner of the tournament will get $611,000 and 1000 ATP points.
