ATP Doha – Tuesday Schedule: Novak Djokovic starts new season

Novak Djokovic starts his new ATP season on Tuesday at the Qatar Exxon Mobil Open in Doha. The Serbian player will face Damir Dzumhur for the second time in his career. The Serbian player defeated Dzumhur at 2018 Paris Masters when Damir retired being down 6-1 2-1.

Djokovic is a two-time Doha Open champion having previously won in 2017 and 2016, and he definitely looks the favorite to win the title. Stan Wawrinka faces Karen Khachanov for the second time in career. The Swiss, who last competed at the Shanghai Masters in October, defeated the Russian in 2018 St.

Petersburg second round. For sure its an interesting draw, Wawrinka said in a pre-tournament press conference. We played against each other last year. Hes a great player. He played really well at the end of the year.

He is in top form. He played already a few matches in Abu Dhabi so it will be interesting. He is a good friend. We play doubles together. Tomorrow we play against each other. It will be a tough match to start the year. For me, most important is to be fit, to be ready.

Im happy with what Im doing on the practice court, so I know that the year is long and I look forward for it. Dominic Thiem plays against Pierre-Hugues Herbert for the second time, the Frenchman won at 2017 Rotterdam, indoor hard court.

The Austrian reached last years semifinals and in 2018 he got his best hard-court Grand Slam result reaching US Open quarters.