Novak Djokovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas To Pursue Gold In Mixed Doubles At Tokyo Olympics | ATP Tour

All eyes have been on World No. 1 Novak Djokovic‘s chase for the singles gold medal on the Tokyo Olympics. Now, the Serbian celebrity will chase two gold medals, because it was revealed on Tuesday that he’ll accomplice Nina Stojanovic within the blended doubles competitors.

Djokovic and Stojanovic are unseeded, and they’re going to start their run towards Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Luisa Stefani. That is the primary time Djokovic has performed blended doubles on the Olympics.

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— Nina Stojanovic (@Ninockaaa) July 27, 2021

Three of the High 10 gamers within the FedEx ATP Rankings will compete within the blended doubles draw, with Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev additionally getting into.

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Greeks Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari are the second seeds, and they’re going to face Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime and Gabriela Dabrowski in a first-round blockbuster. Rublev and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of the ROC are the fourth seeds, and they’re going to conflict towards Croatians Ivan Dodig and Darija Jurak.

Different groups to look at are high seeds Nicolas Mahut and Kristina Mladenovic, Roland Garros finalists Aslan Karatsev and Elena Vesnina, and Australians Ashleigh Barty and John Peers. American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, who gained blended doubles gold in Rio de Janeiro with Jack Sock, is partnering Rajeev Ram, who earned silver at these Olympics with Venus Williams.