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Serbia out of Davis Cup after shock defeat to Slovakia

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.

Defeat to Sinner ends Djokovic's Australian Open campaign

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, is out of the Australian Open after losing 6-1, 6-2, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3 to Italian Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals in Melbourne on Friday.

Sinner, who won after three hours and 22 minutes of play, is now 3-4 head-to-head against Djokovic after three consecutive wins over the Serbian.

Red Star v FMP, Partizan v Hercegovac in Serbian basketball cup

BELGRADE - Title holders Red Star Belgrade were on Tuesday drawn to play FMP in the quarter-finals of Serbia's Radivoj Korac basketball cup, with arch-rivals Partizan to face Hercegovac Gajdobra, who will make their first-ever appearance in the competition.

The other two quarter-final games are Borac Cacak v Cacak 94 and Mega v Vojvodina Novi Sad.

Djokovic beats Fritz to reach Australian Open semis

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, is through to the Australian Open semi-finals after a 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over American Taylor Fritz in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Djokovic, who won after three hours and 45 minutes of play, is now 9-0 head-to-head against Fritz.

Djokovic defeats Popyrin to advance to Australian Open third round

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, is through to the Australian Open third round after a 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 victory over Alexei Popyrin in Melbourne on Wednesday.

The Serbian, who won after three hours and 11 minutes of play, is now 2-0 head-to-head against the Australian.

Djokovic defeats Prizmic in Australian Open first round

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, is through to the second round of the Australian Open after defeating Croatian Dino Prizmic 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4 in Melbourne on Sunday.

Reigning champion Djokovic won after four hours and one minute of play and will next face Australian Alexei Popyrin.

Serbia lose to Hungary in European water polo championship quarter-finals

ZAGREB - The Serbia men's national water polo team lost 15-14 on penalties to Hungary in the quarter-finals of the European Championship in Zagreb on Friday.

The match ended 10-10 (3-3, 2-2, 4-3, 1-2) at full time.

Hungary converted all their penalty shots, while Serbia's Marko Radulovic dropped the ball before making his attempt.

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Vucic: Proposal made to raise reward for Olympic gold to 200,000 euros

BELGRADE - After a meeting with representatives of the Olympic Committee of Serbia (OCS), Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said a proposal had been made to the government to raise the reward for gold medals at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris to 200,000 euros.

Djokovic to face Croatia's Prizmic in Aussie Open first round

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, will play Croatian youngster Dino Prizmic in the first round of the Australian Open on Sunday.

After defeating Argentine Mariano Navone and compatriot Duje Ajdukovic, Prizmic beat Tunisian Aziz Dougaz 6-3, 6-4 on Friday morning to complete the qualifications for the Australian Open.

Serbia sink France at European water polo championship

ZAGREB - The Serbia men's national water polo team beat France 14-10 (3-2, 3-4, 3-1, 5-3) in the round of last 16 of the European Championship in Zagreb on Wednesday evening.

Serbia will face Hungary in the quarter-finals on Friday afternoon.

Serbia's Lajovic knocked out of Adelaide ATP tournament

ADELAIDE - Serbia's Dusan Lajovic is out of the Adelaide tennis tournament after a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 defeat to Czech Jiri Lehecka in the second round on Wednesday.

Lehecka won after two hours and 20 minutes of play and will face Chilean Nicolas Jarry in the quarter-finals.

Serbia crush Malta at European water polo championship

ZAGREB - The Serbia men's national water polo team is through to the round of last 16 at the European Water Polo Championship in Zagreb after a 21-4 win over Malta in a Group C, Round 3 match on Tuesday evening.

Djokovic completes first training session in Melbourne ahead of Aussie Open

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, on Tuesday completed his first training session at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne ahead of Australian Open, the season's first Grand Slam tournament.

Reigning champion Djokovic recently arrived in Melbourne from Perth, where he played for Serbia at the United Cup.

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