THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MADRID, Spain -- Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic is hoping to bring an ATP tennis tournament to his home country.
The third-ranked Serb said Wednesday that Belgrade could be hosting an event as soon as May 2009 because his family has bought the licence to the ABM Amro Open.
"I've spoken to the board of directors and all the official people of the ATP and they said that if we have good enough court conditions and pass all the tests, it will be a formality from their side," Djokovic said from the Madrid Masters.
Belgrade has hosted challenger events in the past but never an ATP tournament. It hasn't hosted any type of tennis competition in more than a decade due to unrest in the region.
Djokovic said that he would aim to play the tournament between Masters Series events in Rome and Madrid next May.
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