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SYDNEY - Serbia's Viktor Troicki won the ATP tournament in Sydney, after crushing Kazakhstani Mikhail Kukushkin 6-2, 6-3 in the final on Saturday.

This is Troicki's second career title, after winning his first in Moscow in 2010, crowning his return to court after almost a whole-year break for violating anti-doping rules.

SYDNEY - Serbia's Viktor Troicki is through to the final of the Sydney ATP tournament after beating Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 6-2, 6-4 on Friday in just 64 minutes.

In the final, Troicki will face Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan, who beat Argentine Leonardo Mayer 6-4, 6-4.

Two Romanian tennis players, doubles' specialists Horia Tecau and Florin Mergea, managed similar performances on Friday; each of them qualified in the mens' doubles final of two ATP tournaments, in Sydney and Auckland, respectively.

SYDNEY - Serbia's Viktor Troicki reached the semi-final of the ATP tournament in Sydney after scoring a win over Italy's Simone Bolelli 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 on Thursday.

Troicki notched the win after two hours and ten minutes of play.

He is next to take on the winner of the match between Bernard Tomic of Australia and Gilles Muller of Luxembourg.

Bulgaria's No.1 female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova lost to Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic at the semifinals of the women's singles competition at the Apia International tournament in Sydney.

Kvitova defeated Pironkova, who was the reigning champion in Sydney, with 7:5, 6:1 on Thursday, electronic daily Dnevnik reports.

SYDNEY - Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi are through to the second round of the Sydney ATP doubles tournament after beating Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan and Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday.

SYDNEY - Serbia's Viktor Troicki reached the second round of the Sydney ATP tournament early Tuesday after beating Martin Klizan of Slovakia 6-2, 6-3 in just 48 minutes.

Troicki will next face Spain's Pablo Andujar, who beat Finland's Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 6-2.

The prize money in Sydney is USD 439,405.

Photo Tanjug, M. Jelesijevic (archive photo)

Bulgaria's No.1 female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova won her match against Madison Keys (USA) in the second round of the women's singles competition at the Sydney Apia International tournament.

The score was 4:6, 4:1 when the American retired after suffering an injury to her right shoulder, electronic daily Dnevnik reports.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, the main favourite of the WTA tournament in Sydney, withdrew in the last moment from the competition due to a gastroenteritis.

Photo credit: (c) GRIGORE POPESCU/AGERPRES ARCHIVE

On Tuesday, Simona Halep, WTA No. 3, was to play against Karolina Pliskova (the Czech Republic). AGERPRES

Bulgarian tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova recorded a victory in the first round of the women's singles competition at the Apia International Sydney on Monday.

Pironkova won against Italy's Flavia Pennetta with 6:3, 7:6 (4) in a match that lasted hour and a half.