Carlos Gomez-Herrera achieved a career-high ATP doubles ranking of 257 last year. He and Novak Djokovic will face Bosnia’s Tomislav Brkic and Serbia’s Nikola Cacic in their opening-round match.
Djokovic will also take on veteran Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in an exhibition match before the tournament starts, to mark the inauguration of the Mallorca Country Club. The World No. 1 has only entered the doubles draw in Mallorca, and will not feature in singles action.
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Gomez-Herrera have been friends for nearly a decade
Carlos Gomez-Herrera met Novak Djokovic nearly a decade ago in Madrid, and has since become good friends with the Serb in the years since. The duo played doubles together at Dubai in 2014, but lost their first match to Tomasz Bednarek and Lukas Dlouhy in a third-set tiebreaker.
Last year, Carlos Gomez-Herrera expressed his support for Novak Djokovic’s Player Relief Fund, which was meant to provide assistance to competitors ranked outside the top 100 who were most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gomez-Herrera had pointed out that Djokovic does a lot for the players behind the scenes, and that he takes into account their troubles and needs by speaking with them directly.
Gomez-Herrera had also praised the World No. 1 for staying grounded and not letting his success get to his head.
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