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Troicki loses to Berdych

MELBOURNE - Serbian tennis player Viktor Troicki ended his run at the Australian Open in Melbourne, after losing to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in a third-round match 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 on Friday morning (CET).

Tennis: Irina Begu qualifies for third round of Australian Open

Romanian tennis player Irina Begu qualified, as a first, in the third round of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, on Wednesday, in Melbourne, after defeating Katerina Siniakova (the Czech Republic), by 7-5, 6-4.

Photo credit: (c) Radu TUTA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Mikhalkov, Tavernier, Konchalovsky, Cuaron at Kustendorf

BELGRADE - The 8th Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival, which begins at Drvengrad in Mecavnik on Wednesday, now also has celebrated Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov on its guest list.

Confirmed guests include famous director Andrey Konchalovsky, Mexican-American director Alfonso Cuaron, as well as cult French director Bertrand Tavernier.

Nadal, Murray cruise at Open as Ivanovic crashes

Big guns Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray successfully blasted their way into the Australian Open second round Jan. 19 but the Grand Slam dream of Ana Ivanovic was shattered.
      
Third seed Nadal and sixth seed Murray both enjoyed straight sets wins, with rising stars Simona Halep and Grigor Dimitrov also progressing comfortably on a cool and windy Melbourne day.
      

Red Star triumphs in Hungary

KAPOSVAR - Belgrade's Red Star volleyball club outplayed its Hungarian host Fino Kaposvar 3-1 (25-23, 27-25, 22-25, 28-26) in the first game of the Challenge Cup quarter final.

The rematch will be played at Belgrade sports hall Sumice on January 21.

"Seven EU members support lifting of sanctions"

"Seven EU members support lifting of sanctions"

BRUSSELS, MOSCOW -- Seven EU countries support the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Russia, a diplomatic source in Brussels told Russia's TASS news agency on Thursday.

"The sanctions' lifting has been supported by Austria, Hungary, Italy, Cyprus, Slovakia, France and the Czech Republic," he said.

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