Novak Djokovic gets 10-year UAE residence visa

The five-time Wimbledon champion joins Portuguese soccer ace Cristiano Ronaldo in being granted the visa.

The ATP Dubai Duty Free Men's Tennis Championship for Serbian Novak Djokovic that follows on after the WTA event subsequent week will be a special one.

The cutting-edge global No. 1, Granted the gold card resident visa through the UAE, who gained his 8th Australian Open in Melbourne earlier this month to extend his Grand Slam document to 17 titles.

The 32-yr-old, a four-time winner in Dubai, turned into issued the 10-yr visa following the approval by using the UAE Cabinet, earlier this month spearheaded by way of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

The five-time Wimbledon champion joins Portuguese soccer ace Cristiano Ronaldo in being granted the visa.

Djokovic headlines a stellar discipline in Dubai subsequent week that consists of eight-time champion Switzerland's Roger Federer. Djokovic, who has additionally won the United States Open thrice and the French Open once, was a winner right here from 2009 to 2011 after which in 2013.