Novak Djokovic, Nina Stojanovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari are probably destined to clash in the mixed doubles final at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Both pairs won their opening match with the same result: 6-3 6-4.
Team Serbia defeated team Brazil (Stefani/Melo), while team Greece beat team Canada (Dabrowski / Auger-Aliassime)
For a place in the semifinal, Djokovic and Stojanovic will face team Germany (Siegemund / Krawietz) while Tsitsipas and SAkakri will be opposed to team Australia (Barty / Peers).
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This is the latest draw.
Djokovic in Tokyo, ranking, and results in 2021
At the moment ranked no.1, Djokovic has managed to achieve a composed 37-3 match record in 2021. Djokovic is now competing in Tokyo where he ousted Hugo Dellien 6-2 6-2, Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 6-3 and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3 6-1.
Novak Djokovic will play the world no.69 Kei Nishikori in the quarter on Thursday at 5:00 pm on Centre Court. Their current record is 16-2 for Djokovic.
The Serbian has won 4 titles in 2021 at the Australian Open, in Belgrade, at the French Open and in Wimbledon. The Serbian was the finalist in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia).
Djokovic won 85 titles in his career: 48 on hard courts, 17 on clay courts, 13 on indoor courts and 7 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Nina Stojanovic in 2021
Ranked world no.92, Nina played her last match on the 26th of July when she surrendered to world no.19 Maria Sakkari 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Tokyo (draw).
This season the Serbian has managed to achieve a compiled 16-16 record. Nina Stojanovic’s most significant result of this season was getting to the semifinal in Nottingham.
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2021
Ranked world no.4 (career-high), Stefanos played his last match on the 28th of July when he surrendered to world no.28 Ugo Humbert 2-6 7-6(4) 6-2 in the 3rd round in Tokyo (draw).
At the moment, during this season Stefanos has a 42-12 record. The Greek conquered 2 titles in 2021 in Monte-Carlo and in Lyon. The Greek was the runner-up in Acapulco, in Barcelona and at the French Open.
Maria Sakkari in 2021
Currently ranked no.19, the Greek played her last match on the 27th of July when she surrendered to world no.6 Elina Svitolina 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Tokyo (draw).
This season Sakkari has a 24-12 record. Maria Sakkari’s most significant performance of the present season was getting to the semifinal in Abu Dhabi, Melbourne, Miami and at the French Open.