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LONDON - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic is through to the second round at Wimbledon after defeating Czech Vit Kopriva 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 in the opening round on Tuesday.

Djokovic, who won after an hour and 58 minutes of play, will next face the winner of the tie between Briton Jacob Fearnley and Spaniard Alejandro Moro Canas.

LONDON - Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic will definitely be competing at this year's Wimbledon and was on Friday drawn to play Czech Vit Kopriva in the opening round.

A clash between Djokovic and reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, who defeated the Serbian in last season's match for the title, is not possible before a potential new final.

LONDON - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic is the second seed for the upcoming Wimbledon tournament behind world number one Jannik Sinner of Italy, the organisers announced on Thursday.

Djokovic arrived in London on June 23 and has trained at Wimbledon courts this week.

GENEVA - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic will face German Yannick Hanfmann in the second round of the Geneva ATP tournament.

Djokovic was seeded in the opening round, while Hanfmann beat Briton Andy Murray 7-5, 6-2 on Tuesday in a match that was delayed by rain on Monday.

World number 85 Hanfmann has never played against Djokovic.

ROME - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, will be seeded in the first round of the Rome Masters tournament and was on Monday drawn to face the winner of the tie between Russian Roman Safiullin and a qualifier in the second round.

Djokovic is the top seed at the tournament.

MIAMI - Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic will skip the March 20-31 Miami Masters tournament, the Sport klub Internet portal reports.

The decision follows in the wake of Djokovic's defeat to Italian Luca Nardi in the Indian Wells third round, after which the Serbian hinted he might not travel to Miami.

INDIAN WELLS - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, is seeded in the first round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament and will face the winner of the tie between Australian Aleksandar Vukic and a qualifier in the second round.

The draw ceremony was held last night.

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, on Tuesday completed his first training session at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne ahead of Australian Open, the season's first Grand Slam tournament.

Reigning champion Djokovic recently arrived in Melbourne from Perth, where he played for Serbia at the United Cup.

With 6:4, 6:4, Djokovic suffered his first defeat in Australia after 43 victories in the previous six years.
However, since the defeat, the tennis public is more concerned about the condition of his wrist ten days before the start of the Australian Open.

RIYADH - Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz came from behind to defeat Serbia's Novak Djokovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in a season-opening exhibition match in Riyadh on Wednesday evening.

Djokovic and Alcaraz, the world number one and world number two in men's tennis singles, produced an excellent display that looked like a taster of highly interesting trophy battles to come next year.