ATP Tour - Djokovic to host Serbia Tour event

Eurosport - Thu, 16 Oct 07:53:00 2008

Serbia is set to host its first ATP tournament after Novak Djokovic and his family bought the rights to the 2009 Dutch Open.

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The family now need the all-clear from the ATP board in order to stage the event in Belgrade.

"We closed out the deal with ... the Dutch Open and we bought the licence to have a tournament in Serbia," Djokovic said after reaching the third round of the Madrid Masters when Romanian Victor Hanescu retired injured in the third set.

"It is still not 100 percent. We still need to do some administrative work in the next couple of weeks, next couple of months.

"Towards the end of the year we will know if we have a tournament," added the Serb.

The event would be held in the same week on the calendar, in early May.

A spokesman for the ATP Tour declined to comment but did say that any proposal had to be approved by the board when they meet in Shanghai during next month's season-ending Masters Cup.

Reuters

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  1. if NOVAK move to World no.1.,it's not b'coz of­ the nation but his ability and he worked so hard to­ reach world no.3,,,someday he will go to the top...they­ deserve to be.and the reason WHY it's called­ "SPORTS",TENNIS is the matter of one on­ one.His pride and be proud to be world no.3,,,go­ NOVAK,,,ALONG WITH ANNA AND JELENA,,,SERBIA MUST BE­ PRUOD,young and talented players they have,,,

    From vier_rose, on Sat 1 Nov 8:12AM
  2. you must be proud that they're not selfish,insteed­ of booming them,,,support them that they'll succeed­ for this plan,,for the sake of SEBIAN people and­ especialy to the PLAYERS,they proved enoung that they­ are worthed to have SERBIAN TOURNAMENT,,,,all the best­ and go for it,,,GOD BLESS

    From vier_rose, on Sat 1 Nov 7:59AM
  3. late reply

    i think your country started the war first­ was Slovenia (only 2 weeks),Croatia,Bosnia and­ Herzegovina and the list goes on and on SO who tortured­ who?

    please read some books

    From rslessix, on Wed 22 Oct 1:17PM
  4. and did someone tortured you ? :-) yes maybe you`v seen­ tortured country, tortured with NATO bombs, and long­ time economic sanctions. And you are so used to have­ everything what you want....But this is a different­ storry.
    Country that has soo many well know top­ sportist, and only in Tennis: Novak, Jelana, Ana... we­ are proud people, don`t hate enyone, like others do !­
    :-) GO NOVAK, GO JELENA, GO ANA !

    From Igor K, on Sat 18 Oct 3:57PM
  5. i have been to you country and hated every minute of it­ ,nice buildings in centre of Belgrade but it ends there­ sorry.Go down, Ana , Jelena Forehead,Novak

    From rslessix, on Sat 18 Oct 2:45PM
  6. I hope one they you will visit our contry. You would be­ surprised what wrong impression propaganda can make :-)­
    go Novak ! go Jelena ! go Ana !

    From Igor K, on Sat 18 Oct 12:33PM
  7. so he buys a tournament i wonder why?
    could your­ fantastic peace-full country have been rewarded one?
    oh­ well at least you have something apart from war­ criminals just lets hope you don't torture players

    From rslessix, on Sat 18 Oct 11:24AM
  8. @rslessix
    no no !
    :-)
    go NOVAK !

    From Igor K, on Sat 18 Oct 9:49AM
  9. the guy is a @#$%

    From rslessix, on Fri 17 Oct 4:10PM
  10. so sorry Vic, Murray is improving, but hi is still far­ from Novak, not only in points !
    Yes he beet him twice­ in a row this year, but Novak 4-5 times before. He will­ find his real game, this is not Novak`s best game. And­ it would be pretty hard against Karlovic, to any other­ player, when he is serving like this.

    From Igor K, on Fri 17 Oct 12:44PM
  11. Am so glad he got dumped out of Madrid, can't stand­ him! Well done Ivo1 Hope Murray can move up to number­ three!

    From Vic M, on Thu 16 Oct 11:33PM
  12. @rslessix
    look who is talking , he he ! :-)

    From Igor K, on Thu 16 Oct 7:51PM
  13. should not be aloud they are ruining this great game­ ,rudest family
    shame

    From rslessix, on Thu 16 Oct 7:00PM
  14. Excellent idea comming from the very tallented,­ excellent player!

    From jasna, on Thu 16 Oct 12:51PM
  15. This is good for Serbian tennis...

    From Milosh, on Thu 16 Oct 10:43AM
  16. Novak is doing this for his nation.

    From Igor K, on Thu 16 Oct 10:20AM
  17. remember that this is an investment with a return, not­ some donation

    From michael.zamfir, on Thu 16 Oct 9:45AM
  18. I think it's a great idea. A great way to boost our­ country's image, and it just shows how the Djokovic­ family isn't selfish with their money. They already­ spend heaps building tennis centres in Serbia and­ helping poor children and families, as well as­ humanitarian projects for the abused Serbian children­ in Kosovo.

    From aleksicn93, on Thu 16 Oct 9:23AM
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    is there nothing they will do for attention? or do­ they think it will get him the #1 spot?

    From beryll, on Thu 16 Oct 8:29AM
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