19. 06. 2009. · The greatest tennis tournament, Wimbledon, will be held from June 22nd till July 5th 2009.
128 players will be fighting during the two weeks for The Championships title, 2000 ATP points and £850,000 prize money.
Last year, Rafael Nadal lifted the trophy for the first time, beating five-time champion Roger Federer in five sets. The result was 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(8), 9-7!
In his fifth appearance at Wimbledon, Novak will start the tournament with the match against world number 80, Julian Benneteau (France).
In the second round Djokovic will play against the winner of the match between Simon Greul and Michael Yani.
These are Nole’s potential rivals in the later stages of the tournament:
Third round: Mardy Fish (USA, 28), Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
Fourth round: Tommy Robredo (ESP, 15), Rainer Schuettler (GER, 18)
Quarterfinals: Marin Cilic (CRO, 11), James Blake (USA,17),Tommy Haas (GER, 24)
Semifinals: Roger Federer (SUI, 2), Fernando Verdasco (ESP, 7), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA, 9), Robin Soderling (SWE,13), Ivo Karlović (CRO, 22), Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER, 27)…
Finals: Andy Murray (GBR, 3), Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG,5), Andy Roddick (USA, 6)…
World number one will not defend his Wimbledon title. He withdrew from the Championships after failing to recover from knee tendinitis.
Last year, Novak lost in the second round to Marat Safin 4-6 6-7(3) 2-6.
Good luck Nole!
