RETURN OF THE DJOK He is back! World number one Novak Djokovic is finally returning to a competitive match court. It’s been stop-start after the drama surrounding his deportation from Australia and uncertainty brought on by his vaccination status have blighted his attempts to kick on from a scintillating 2021 campaign. As a result, the Serb has played just three matches so far in 2022 having missed the action at the season’s first Grand Slam and the Masters 1000 events at Indian Wells and Miami. Indeed, this – the Monte Carlo Masters - is just his second tournament having been surprisingly defeated by 123rd-ranked qualifier Jiri Vesely in the Dubai quarter finals way back on February 24. Djokovic has himself suggested he expects to be rusty but will need to find some semblance of form to see off his round two opponent, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Court Rainier III. The players are due out shortly.