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Serbian captain: No Davis Cup for Djokovic

ByMatt Cronin

Published Apr 05, 2012

Ahead of Serbia’s Davis Cup tie against the Czech Republic, captain Bogdan Obradovic saod that world No. 1 Novak Djokovic has no plans to play in the competition  this year. Serbia is led by singles players Viktor Troicki and Janko Tipsarevic, while Tomas Berdych and  Radek Stepanek head the Czech squad.

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"There is no Davis Cup is his schedule for this season," Obradovic told DavisCup.com. "The main reason for that is he wants to hold the No. 1 in the world and of course he has the Olympics. Whenever he wants to be back in team, he is going to be back. [But] we still have a very competitive team without Novak."

Tipsarevic said that Djokovic told him earlier in the year that he would not be available for the first two ties.

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Stepanek said that Djokovic’s absence will give the Czechs a better chance of winning. "Without Djoko they are much hurt-able team for us and with him," he said.