Since beating Roger Federer, Djokovic has seemingly done everything possible to keep his distance from tennis. PHOTO: AFP
The Serb, who won the first of his three Canadian titles in 2007 in Montreal, also added another in 2011 and then in 2012 in Toronto to his list of North American success stories.
The 28-year-old had said following Wimbledon that he would be decompressing after a tough first half of the ATP Tour season.
The Serb and the remainder of the leading seeds benefit from first-round byes in the Quebec City whose tennis stadium was carved from what was originally a baseball pitch.
With world number two Federer missing, Andy Murray takes the second seeding, with the Scot trying to put aside an embarrassing opening-match loss in the Washington Open. Stan Wawrinka, the French Open champion, takes the third seeding.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 9th, 2015.
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