Novak Djokovic Excited As Abu Dhabi Event Approaches

World no. 1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic went to Abu Dhabi this week to officially open the fourth Mubadala World Tennis tournament. The Serbian has been the third-time consecutive title holder of the event that started on Friday and he is hoping to gain more victories.

The year 2014 had been a great year for Djokovic, he won his seventh Grand Slam title at Wimbledon and before ending the year he won in the ATP World Tour Finals in London. Now that 2015 comes, he hopes that the same fate will be in his favour come the Abu Dhabi event.

"The countdown really is on to the start of the new season starting in Abu Dhabi. We're just days away, so I'm genuinely excited," Djokovic said. "2014 has been such a memorable year for me and I can't wait to get back on the court and face-off against the world's best players." He went on to say that he is feeling fresh and motivated to keep on playing at a high level. He said that the first matches of the season are always special and he will make sure that he will get off to the best possible start in 2015.

On day two of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship, Djokovic will start his first match against who will win in the match in the opening day, which is between the world no.4 Stanislas Wawrinka, who topped last year's Australian Open and Nicolas Almagro, whom Djokovic beat in the final of the tournament two years ago.

The world no. 1 said that Abu Dhabi has a reputation of getting the most formidable line-up of tennis players and he has to be at his best for the test. The tournament in Abu Dhabi will be played among the six world's best players. Namely the world no. 1 Novak Djokovic, world no. 3 Rafael Nadal, world no.4 Wawrinka, British no. 1 Andy Murray, world no. 14 Feliciano Lopez and Almagro. The tournament will begin on Thursday until Saturday.