Novak Djokovic has made it no secret that his priority for the rest of the year is the Davis Cup. Serbia will face Great Britain in the quarter-final next month as the world No 1 bids to help his nation win the ‘World Cup of men’s tennis’.
And he may well have predicted what could be Serbia’s downfall in the quarter-final against Britain as Djokovic’s rivals boast a dangerous duo in Dan Evans and Neal Skupski, who defeated seasoned veterans Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselinin a decisive doubles rubber against France last month which earned them their spot in the Davis Cup Final 8.
Djokovic is well aware of Evans’ ability across the singles and doubles as he recently told Sportal: “They are a complete team, they have four top singles players, while one of them, Evans, is extremely good in doubles as well. I 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.”
Evans and Skupski have experience playing together, entering multiple events as a pair in 2021 and reaching the Monte Carlo Masters final together. Skupski has since gone on to partner Wesley Koolhof, reaching No 1 in the world. Djokovic also tried to get some experience playing with one of his Serbian teammates at tour events in anticipation of a Davis Cup partnership.
