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Novak Djokovic
The professional tennis player Novak Djokovic was born on May 22, 1987 in Belgrade, Serbia. Djokovic started playing tennis at age 4 by 12 he spent three months of training at Nikola Pilić’s tennis academy in Munich; two years later his international career began as he won the European championships in singles, doubles and team competition.
Novak’s coach is the former Slovak tennis player, Marian Vajda. Djokovic participated in the 2006 Hopman Cup with his colleague Ana Ivanovic but missed the final. That same year he ranked 78 in the world ranking but due to his excellent participation in the Roland Garros quarterfinals and and a fourth-round appearance at Wimbledon he achieved the top 40. Right after his participation at the English Lawn Djokovic won his first title in Amersfoort without dropping a set beating Nicolas Massu in the final.
By the end of the year he was ranked in the top 20.
2007 was the beginning of his successful professional career; he began by winning in Adelaide followed by a fourth round presentation at the Australian Open. A couple of months later at the Indian Wells event he defeated Andy Murray in the semifinals but lost to Rafael Nadal. Djokovic played in the famous Monte Carlo Open and reached the quarterfinals of both Hamburg Masters and Rome but lost against Rafael Nadal and Carlos Moya respectively.
In Portugal at the Estoril tournament Djokovic beat Richard Gasquet 7-6, 0-6, 6-1 in the final. Then he reached his first ever French Open Grand Slam semifinal but lost once more to Rafael Nadal. During the Wimbledon Championships Djokovic won an heroic match against Marcos Baghdatis in quarterfinals. In the semifinal game, Djokovic withdrew due to a foot and back injuries against Rafael Nadal.
Close to the end of the year he won the Canada Masters in Montreal beating top-seeded Roger Federer. Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick the top three ranked players in consecutive days one of his major achievements during his career. At the US Open he reached the final but lost to Roger Federer.
More recently he participated in the 2008 Australian Open and beat Roger Federer former champion, becoming the youngest male to win the Grand Slam singles title. Djokovic also became the first player to defeat Federer in straight sets in a Grand Slam tournament.
Achievements:
- 2007 ATP Championship Masters Miami
- 2007 ATP Championship Masters Montreal
- 2007 ATP Runner-up Indian Wells
- 2008 Grand Slam Championship Australian Open
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