Great Scott … Clayton helps out Djokovic

Tuesday 22nd November 2011, 3:00PM GMT.

The World’s number one ranked tennis player, Novak Djokovic, with Jersey’s Scott Clayton after a session at the O2 Arena last Friday
The World’s number one ranked tennis player, Novak Djokovic, with Jersey’s Scott Clayton after a session at the O2 Arena last Friday

IT doesn’t get much bigger than playing tennis with the world number one Novak Djokovic.

But that’s exactly what Jersey’s burgeoning tennis star Scott Clayton had the chance to do on Friday.

To top it off the 17-year-old was able to hit with the Serbian star on the centre court at none other than London’s O2 Arena where the top eight men’s players are fighting it out for the ATP World Tour Finals title.

Explaining how the opportunity came about Team Bath MCTA player Clayton said: ‘Once of the coaches Dave Sammel got a call to say that Djokovic needed a hitting partner for Friday. They asked me if I wanted to go and it didn’t take me very long to decide to say yes.’


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