{"id":35502,"date":"2012-09-29T09:17:52","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T07:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=35502"},"modified":"2012-10-01T22:49:45","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T20:49:45","slug":"nole-top-seed-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/nole-top-seed-in-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"Nole vs Berrer in Beijing R1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 2012 China Open<\/a> draw was made on Saturday. The event begins on Monday October 1, and features three players from the ATP\u2019s top 10. Two-time former champion Novak Djokovic is seeded no.1.<\/strong><\/p>\n

World no.2 is making his third appearance at the ATP World Tour 500 tournament in Beijing.<\/p>\n

Nole lifted the trophy on his debut in the capital of China in 2009 (defeated Marin Cilic), and successfully defended the title in 2010 (defeated David Ferrer).<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Serbian tennis star skipped the event last year due to injury.<\/p>\n

Djokovic will face German qualifier Michael Berrer in the opening round. Match is scheduled on Tuesday about 17.00 \u00a0local time (11.00 CET).<\/p>\n

Novak has not played since finishing runner-up to Andy Murray in a five-set finale at the US Open last month.<\/p>\n

“I’m ready to play. I want to play. I have been practising and preparing for a good performance,”\u00a0<\/strong>said Djokovic.<\/p>\n

Nole’s second round opponent will be the winner of the clash between Australian Marinko Matosevic and Argentine Carlos Berlocq.<\/p>\n

His possible rivals in the later stages of the tournament are:<\/p>\n

Quarter-finals<\/span>: Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR, 6), Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
\nSemi-finals<\/span>: Marin Cilic (CRO, 4), Richard Gasquet (FRA, 5)<\/p>\n

Spaniard David Ferrer is no.2 seed, and Nole can\u2019t meet him before the finals. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA, 3), Tommy Haas (GER, 7), Fernando Verdasco (ESP, 8)\u2026are also in the bottom half of the draw.<\/p>\n

Winner of the tournament in Beijing will get 500 ATP points.<\/p>\n

Photo: China Open<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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