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Djokovic to face Croatia's Prizmic in Aussie Open first round

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, will play Croatian youngster Dino Prizmic in the first round of the Australian Open on Sunday.

After defeating Argentine Mariano Navone and compatriot Duje Ajdukovic, Prizmic beat Tunisian Aziz Dougaz 6-3, 6-4 on Friday morning to complete the qualifications for the Australian Open.

Djokovic to face qualifier in Aussie Open first round

MELBOURNE - Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic was on Thursday drawn to play a qualifier in the Australian Open first round.

In the potential second round, reigning champion Djokovic will most likely face Australian Alexei Popyrin, who will play compatriot and wild card holder Marc Polmans in the first round.

Djokovic completes first training session in Melbourne ahead of Aussie Open

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.

Alcaraz comes from behind to defeat Djokovic in Riyadh exhibition match

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.

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