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		</div><p>Novak Djokovic has insisted he has no concerns that big rivals Andy Murray and Roger Federer will arrive at Wimbledon both rested and in title-winning form.</p>
<p>Djokovic again shunned the big Wimbledon warm-up tournaments, instead enjoying exhibition fare at The Boodles, claiming he needed “emotional, mental rest” after losing the French Open final to Stan Wawrinka.</p>
<p>Murray swept to his fourth Queen’s Club crown while seven-time Wimbledon winner Federer landed an eighth title at Halle in the SW19 build-up, before both capitalised on the extra week’s gap after the French Open to mix rest with training.</p>
<p>Djokovic will face Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber in this year’s first action on Centre Court on Monday, adamant he is fully prepared to defend his 2014 Wimbledon title.</p>
<p>“In the last couple of years I haven’t been playing any lead-up tournament to Wimbledon and I still managed to play finals two years ago and to win the title last year,” said Djokovic.</p>
<p>“Even though my rivals like Murray, Federer, Nadal, have been winning grass court tournaments in the previous years as well leading up to Wimbledon, it’s not of my concern, honestly.</p>
<p>“I just want to get myself in the best possible shape.”</p>
<p>Djokovic remains bullish in his Wimbledon preparations, after shaking off his Roland Garros disappointment.</p>
<p>“I needed some time to just mentally recover, rest,” said Djokovic of his reaction to French Open defeat to Wawrinka.</p>
<p>“More than physical rest, I needed that emotional, mental rest to recharge my batteries and get myself in a proper state of mind so I can start all over again.</p>
<p>“I lost to a better player that day.</p>
<p>“You need to be able to reset very rapidly and get yourself a new motivation and inspire yourself to keep on going.</p>
<p>“This motivation and faith has to be even stronger than it was three weeks ago.”</p>
<p>Wawrinka will take on Portugal’s Joao Sousa in Centre Court’s final match on Monday, while 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt will start his last Wimbledon run against Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen.</p>
<p>Serena Williams will continue her quest for the calendar grand slam by starting her Wimbledon battle against Russia’s Margarita Gasparyan on Monday.</p>
<p>Defending champion Petra Kvitova has offered a realistic assessment of her bid for a third Wimbledon title by conceding Williams “has a really great chance” to complete the grand slam this season.</p>
<p>“I think that Serena has a really great chance to do it,” said 2014 Wimbledon champion Kvitova of Williams’ grand slam bid.</p>
<p>“I think she is a really great champion. We’ll see, but I think she’s really in a good way.”</p>
<p>Among the British stars in action are Johanna Konta, who will face former champion Maria Sharapova, with Heather Watson facing France’s Caroline Garcia.</p>
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