{"id":76115,"date":"2016-01-02T16:42:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-02T15:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=76115"},"modified":"2016-01-06T17:13:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T16:13:01","slug":"doha-nole-to-play-a-qualifier-in-2016-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/doha-nole-to-play-a-qualifier-in-2016-season-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Doha: Nole to face Brown in 2016 season opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Novak<\/p>\n

World no.1 and 10-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic will make his second appearance at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open<\/a>, the first tournament on the 2016 ATP calendar.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ATP World Tour 250 event, which has attracted four\u00a0of the top 10 players in the world, will take place at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex from January 4-9.<\/p>\n

Novak is no.1 seed and will open his campaign against German qualifier Dustin Brown (ATP #118). It will be their first career meeting.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nole\u2019s possible rivals in the later stages of the tournament are:<\/p>\n

2nd round:<\/strong> Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
\nQuarter-finals:<\/strong> Leonardo Mayer (ARG, 8)
\nSemi-finals:<\/strong> Tomas Berdych (CZE, 3), Feliciano Lopez (ESP, 5)
\nFinals:<\/strong> Rafael Nadal (ESP, 2), David Ferrer (ESP, 4), Andreas Seppi (ITA, 6)<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so happy to kick off new season in Qatar again, where the event is so well organized and I was well treated last year. I\u2019m excited to comeback and perform at my best in this opening season tournament,”<\/strong> said Djokovic.<\/p>\n

On his debut in Doha in 2015, Novak finished quarter-finalist to Ivo Karlovic 7-6, 6-7, 4-6.<\/p>\n

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

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