Davis Cup World Group

LONDON - Serbia were on Thursday drawn to play Greece in the tennis Davis Cup World Group 1 playoffs, the Tennis Association of Serbia announced.

The draw ceremony was held in London.

In a statement, the Association said Serbia would host the tie against Greece from September 13 through 15.

LONDON - Serbia will be seeded in the draw for the September 13-15 tennis Davis Cup World Group 1 playoffs, the International Tennis Federation announced on its website on Tuesday.

The draw ceremony is scheduled for February 8.

The other seeds are Croatia, Sweden, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Switzerland, Hungary, Portugal, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel and Colombia.

KRALJEVO - Serbia are out of the tennis Davis Cup after a shock 4-0 defeat to Slovakia in a qualifier for the competition's group stage, played in Kraljevo, central Serbia, at the weekend.

On Friday, Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic lost (7-6 (7-2) 6-2) to Lukas Klein and Dusan Lajovic was defeated 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 by Alex Molcan.

NIS, Feb 5 - Pedja Krstin beat American Steve Johnson 2-0 (6-1, 7-5) on Sunday to win the sole victory for Serbia in its 3-1 defeat to the US in the Davis Cup World Group at the weekend.

The young Serbian won after just 42 minutes of play at Nis's Cair Hall after Nikola Milojevic and Miljan Zekic lost 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 in the doubles match.

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German number one Alexander Zverev beat Nick Kyrgios in straight sets to give his country a 3-1 win over Australia in their Davis Cup World Group tie in Brisbane on Feb. 4.

Serbia is through to the Davis Cup World Group quarter-finals after beating Kazakhstan 3-2.

This came tanks to Viktor Troicki's 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 win over Aleksandr Nedovyesov in the decisive fifth match on Sunday.

Novak Djokovic and Aleksandr Nedovyesov were on Thursday drawn to open the Davis Cup World Group first round tie between Serbia and Kazakhstan.

Novak Djokovic and Aleksandr Nedovyesov were on Thursday drawn to open the Davis Cup World Group first round tie between Serbia and Kazakhstan.

Romanian tennis player Marius Copil on Monday evening advanced to the second round of the men's singles event of the 537,050-euro ATP grass tournament in s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, after defeating Finnish Jarkko Nieminen, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

Serbia beats Croatia 5-0 in Davis Cup tie

KRALJEVO -- Serbia defeated Croatia 5-0 in the first round of the Davis Cup World Group played over the weekend in the town of Kraljevo.

Serbia was given its fifth win by Viktor Troicki, who on Sunday beat Mate Delic 6-4, 6-3.

KRALJEVO - Serbia stormed past Croatia in the first round of the Davis Cup World Group, claiming a 5-0 whitewash and its place in the quarterfinals, on Sunday.

Serbia was given its fifth win in the tie by Viktor Troicki, who beat Mate Delic 6-4, 6-3.

It took the Serb a little less than an hour to outplay the world number 158.