{"id":293385,"date":"2023-10-13T16:47:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T16:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=293385"},"modified":"2023-10-13T16:47:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T16:47:56","slug":"novak-djokovic-names-british-star-that-can-threaten-serbian-hopes-in-davis-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-names-british-star-that-can-threaten-serbian-hopes-in-davis-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic names British star that can threaten Serbian hopes in Davis Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Novak Djokovic has singled out Dan Evans as Serbia prepares to take on Great Britain in the quarter-final of the Davis Cup. The world No 1 has made it clear that winning the team event is his \u201cbiggest desire\u201d for the season. But his hopes may be scuppered by Evans, who Djokovic believes is dangerous in both singles and doubles after watching the 33-year-old team up with Neal Skupski to defeat France in the recent group stage.<\/p>\n
The Davis Cup Finals has thrown up a mouthwatering clash in the last of four quarter-final ties as Britain faces Serbia on November 23. For many tennis fans, it could be a chance to see Djokovic compete against a team that includes his old rival Andy Murray. But the world No 1 is worried about another member of Team GB.<\/p>\n
Djokovic confessed that Britain have a strong squad as he highlighted one man in particular – Evans. \u201cThey are a complete team, they have four top singles players, while one of them, Evans, is extremely good in doubles as well,\u201d the 24-time Grand Slam champion told Sportal.<\/p>\n
And the 36-year-old has already been scouting out his rivals as he added: \u201cI saw that he played continuously and that he was the choice of their coach in combination with Skupski. They are very difficult and I hope that we will be able to win after the singles.\u201d<\/p>\n
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