Before participating in the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season, twelve world teams will play the ATP Cup 2021. The event will take place from February 1st to 5th in Melbourne Park. After a long wait, the formations of the nations that will take over the field have been formalized: Compared to the past, there is a change with only four players per nation, two mainly for single players and two mainly for doubles.
The best tennis players on the ATP tour will attend the event, with the exception of Roger Federer, who retired due to injury and will also be absent from the Australian Open. Novak Djokovic’s Serbia are defending the title and along with Rafael Nadal’s Spain and Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev’s Russia are the favorite teams for the final win on paper.
For Italy, Sinner won’t be involved, but they can rely on Matteo Berrettini and Fabio Fognini with Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, both important players in doubles. Novak Djokovic recently donated a state-of-the-art CT scanner to a hospital in Belgrade.
The Serbian was praised by the hospital director and the Serbian Minister of Health for his generous act.
Djokovic donated a state-of-the-art CT scanner to a hospital
“On behalf of the Dragisa Misovic Clinical Hospital Center, I would like to thank the Novak Djokovic and Novak family for this wonderful machine, which will give future patients the chance to receive high quality oncological treatment when this Corona (COVID-19) evil passes .
The arrival of Novak means much more to us than this apparatus, because in this fight we need not only the courage we have, but also this energy, this victorious mentality, ”said Professor Dukic. For his part, Novak Djokovic thanked his country’s health professionals for serving the nation during such testing periods.
The Serb hopes the CT scanner will help relieve the stressful hospital workers. “Many thanks to all health workers who have been working under exceptional circumstances for almost ten months and fighting for us all,” said Djokovic.
“With this pandemic, we have all realized the importance of being prepared and equipped for any challenge, and we hope that this scanner and all of the other donated devices will make the work of health workers easier and further strengthen our health facilities.
Dr. Loncar explained the importance of the CT scanner in diagnosing COVID patients, and thanked Novak Djokovic and his wife Jelena for their role in the nation’s fight against the pandemic. “On behalf of the citizens of Serbia, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Novak and Jelena and their efforts because they have really done a lot since the beginning of this crisis to overcome the consequences of the pandemic.
Many thanks to Novak for always being there with his people and for fighting the nasty virus together, “said Dr. Loncar.
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