Novak Djokovic

London, UK. – Belgrade will play host to the Serbia Open 2009 next season following the ATP Board’s approval of the Amersfoort sanction sale. The new ATP World Tour 250 event will be staged at SRPC Milan Gale Muskatirovic in Belgrade from 4-10 May. The event will be played on outdoor clay.

ATP Player Board Representative Ivan Ljubicic said: “We are delighted to welcome Belgrade onto the 2009 ATP World Tour. The team involved in this new event have shown great passion and ambition in their plans to bring the ATP World Tour to Serbia and we all look forward to a fantastic week of world class tennis in May.”

World no 3, Novak Djokovic said: “I am very excited that we are able to create an opportunity in Serbia to be a part of the ATP World Tour. My family, along with myself, is also very emotional about that. Tennis is a very popular sport in my country and we are happy that having a ATP World Tour 250 event from 2009 will help us show the world the beauty of my home town Belgrade and of Serbia.”

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