Novak Djokovic confirmed that he will attend this tournament to determine to increase the number of Dubai Championship championships to 6. The BTC also confirms the information. Djokovic had 5 times to attend this tournament, with the last time 2 years ago when he overcame the rival with many debt Debt Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final.
Although there is no need for vaccination, Djokovic still has to provide negative test results with Covid-19 for 72 hours and 6 hours before the UAE entry. Overall, everything will be simpler with the 34 -year -old player.
Only, because the stature of Dubai Championship is much more modest than the Grand Slam tournament, the plus and bonus for him is also modest.
The total prize of this year's Dubai Championship is only 2 million USD. Meanwhile, the bonus for the Australian Open 2022 champion has reached US $ 2.8 million. The total prize for this whole tournament is 75 million USD.
The above difference shows the stature between the two prizes. But in the current context, Djokovic desperately needs an opportunity to earn points on the ATP rankings, to maintain the sense of top competition.
Remember with the No. 1 world player in the Serbian world, Dubai Championship 2022 also received many stars in the felt ball village such as Andrey Rublev, Felix Auger -anssime, Jannik Sinner, Denis Shapovalov and defending champion Aslan Karatsev.
After the end of Australia expanded 2022, Marin Cilic and Gael Monfils will also attend Dubai Championship, the tournament is expected to take place from 21-27 February.
