By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday December 4, 2024
24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic will open his 2025 season on the star-studded Brisbane Worldwide.
The event introduced its area on Wednesday. Andy Murray, Djokovic’s new coach and a two-time Brisbane champion, will not be anticipated to be in attendance.
“I’m excited to be kicking off my Australian swing on the Brisbane Worldwide and to compete once more at Pat Rafter Area,” mentioned Djokovic, who will probably be searching for his a centesimal tour-level title.
Djokovic final performed in Brisbane in 2009.
Set for December 29 to January 5, Grigor Dimitrov, Holger Rune, Frances Tiafoe and Nick Kyrgios are additionally on the entry listing.
Our full area has been introduced, and it is one of many strongest we have ever seen 👇#BrisbaneTennis https://t.co/ba2C2Fi59B
— Brisbane Worldwide (@BrisbaneTennis) December 4, 2024
Djokovic, who didn’t win a Grand Slam title in 2024 for the primary time in seven years, went 37-9 in 2024 and claimed Olympic gold in Paris.
He enters the season with an all-time document of 1124-222. He’ll bid for his twenty fifth main and eleventh Australian Open title in Melbourne – the Australian Open kicks off on January 12.
