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Zimonjic and Nestor start off with victory
NEW YORK - Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Canada's Daniel Nestor beat Collin Flemming and Ross Hutchins from the UK 6-4 6-3 at the US Open on Wednesday and went through to the 2nd round.
Paralympians attend reception at Palace of Serbia
BELGRADE - State Secretary for Sport Predrag Perunicic received on Tuesday a delegation of the Paralympic track and field team of Serbia who won six medals at the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships held August 18-23 in Swansea, UK.
Success can only come if there is willpower and persistence, and you are the best proof of that, Perunicic said addressing the Paralympians.
Tennis-Jankovic defeats fellow Serb Jovanovski
NEW YORK – Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic launched her bid at the US Open efficiently, defeating compatriot Bojana Jovanovski in straight sets 6-2, 6-3 early Tuesday morning CET.
The world number ten Serb has justified the role of favorite, coming easily to a victory that showed her driving ambition at the last grand slam of the season.
Serbia beats Hungary in FINA World Cup final
Serbia beats Hungary in FINA World Cup final
ALMATY -- Serbian men's water polo team claimed the gold medal at the FINA World Cup in Kazakhstan, after a penalty shootout win over Hungary.
The final match on Sunday ended 11-9 (1-2, 3-3, 1-1, 2-1, 4-2).
Serbia wins European championship
TARTU - Serbia's junior women's volleyball team beat Slovenia 3-2 (25-23 17-25 24-26 25-17 15-12) in the final of the European championship in Estonia and Finland on Sunday and became the European champions.
This was Serbia's fourth attempt at the title, since they lost the finals in 2004, 2010 and 2012.
Serbia beats Hungary in FINA Cup final
ALMATY - Serbian men's water polo team claimed the gold medal at the FINA World Cup in Kazakhstan, after a penalty shoot-out win over Hungary 11-9 (1-2, 3-3, 1-1, 2-1, 4-2) in the final match on Sunday.
The team coached by Dejan Savic extended their dominance in the world water polo with the third trophy this summer, after winning the World League and the European Championship.
Serbia tops Croatia for final vs. Hungary
ALMATY - Serbia is through to the final of the 2014 men's Fina Water Polo World Cup, after beating Croatia by 7-4 (2-1, 2-0, 3-1, 0-2) in the semifinal match on Saturday.
The top scorer in the Serbian team was Dusan Mandic with two goals, while Strahinja and Viktor Rasovic, Dusan Markovic, Gavril Subotic and Srdjan Vuksanovic scored a goal each.
Water polo:Serbia beats USA for quarterinal vs. Kazakhstan
ALMATY - Serbia beat the United States 11-9 (0-2, 1-4, 3-1, 5-4) in a preliminary round Group A match at the 2014 Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup in Kazakhstan on Thursday.
With this victory, Serbia cemented their first place in the group, after previously beating Montenegro and South Africa.
Stjepanovic through to final of 200 m freestyle
BERLIN - Serbia's Velimir Stjepanovic is through to the final of the 200 m freestyle event at the European Championship in Berlin.
Stjepanovic was 2nd in the second semifinal race with 1:46.79, which is the new national record.
He was second overall in the semifinals, behind world record holder Paul Biedermann with 1:46.69.
The final race is scheduled for Wednesday.
Vucic and Udovicic confer with athletes
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic conferred on Tuesday with Ivana Spanovic and Tatjana Jelaca who won silver medals at the recently ended European Athletics Championship in Zurich.
Serbian programmers win four medals at Balkan Olympiad
BELGRADE - Serbian high school students won two gold and two bronze medals at the 22nd Balkan Olympiad in Informatics, held from August 10 to 17 in Ankara, Turkey.
The Serbian team won the second place overall at this year's Balkan Olympiad, which gathered a total of 46 participants from 12 countries.
Ana Ivanovic 9th, Jelena Jankovic 10th in WTA rankings
LONDON - Ana Ivanovic's good play in Cincinnati, which saw her through to the final, made Serbia once again the only country with two female tennis players among the top 10 in the world.
The success in Cincinnati also made Ivanovic Serbia's best ranked player, since she is now 9th in the WTA rankings, pushing back her compatriot Jelena Jankovic to 10th spot.
Serbia beats Turkey to take Belgrade Trophy
BELGRADE - Serbia has beaten Turkey 79-64 (23-17 16-14 18-19 22-14) to win Belgrade Trophy 2014.
The MVP of the final match at Kombank Arena on Sunday, played before nearly 13,000 spectators, was Serbia's Stefan Markovic.
Puerto Rico defeated Argentina 97-87 (19-24 30-15 20-18 29-30) previously in their match for third place.
Ana Ivanovic beaten by Serena Williams in Cincinnati final
CINCINNATI - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic failed to win the Cincinnati WTA Premier tournament by losing to world number one Serena Williams of the United States 6-4, 6-1 in late Sunday's final.
With a performance not on par with her previous matches at the tournament, Ivanovic was incapable of containing her in-form opponent.
Ana Ivanovic reaches final in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic defeated Maria Sharapova 6-2 5-7 7-5 at the Cincinnati Masters on Sunday to reach the final of the tournament.
Her opponent in the match for the title will be Serena Williams from the US, who beat Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark 2-6 6-2 6-4.