Novak Djokovic gives a qualified backing to disgraced Justin Gimelstob

• World No 1 leaves door open for American• Gimelstob resigned from ATP players' council At the risk of catapulting Justin Gimelstob into a stratosphere beyond the imaginings of his own ego, Novak Djokovic on Monday first buried his old friend then praised him, a brilliantly unsubtle Mark Antony to the American's Caesar. Related: Justin Gimelstob says he will quit ATP player council after assault case