Several singles stars will join the world’s top doubles teams in a jam-packed field at the Western & Southern Open, where Novak Djokovic will partner countryman Nikola Cacic.
The doubles World No. 57 Cacic last teamed with Djokovic at the Davis Cup Finals and ATP Cup in 2021, tallying a 1-2 record. The ATP Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati will mark Djokovic’s first doubles action since he partnered Vasek Pospisil in Adelaide to start this season.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will play with Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in Cincinnati, where the Greek made the doubles semi-finals last year alongside Holger Rune. Hubert Hurkacz and Mate Pavic will aim for their second team title when they compete at the Western & Southern Open.
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Wimbledon champions Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski and defending Cincinnati titlists Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury will also be in action at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.
Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek, who have collected four tour-level titles this season including Roland Garros, are among the field. Nikola Mektic will partner John Peers.
Other teams include Daniel Evans and Andy Murray, Max Purcell and Andrey Rublev, Marcelo Melo and Alexander Zverev, and Australian Open champions Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler.
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