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Javelin thrower Tatjana Jelaca wins European silver
ZURICH - Serbian javelin thrower Tatjana Jelaca, who holds the national record, won the silver medal at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich late Thursday.
With a 64.21 m throw in the fifth attempt, Jelaca improved her personal best, 62.68 m, by 1.53 m.
Zimonjic, Nestor reach Cincinnati doubles quarter-finals
CINCINNATI - Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Daniel Nestor of Canada reached the men's doubles quarter-finals at the Cincinnati ATP Masters 1000 tournament early Thursday by beating the Spanish-Colombian pair of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Santiago Giraldo 6-3, 6-2 in just 44 minutes.
Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic reach Cincinnati 3rd round
CINCINNATI - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic have reached the third round of the USD 2,567,300 Cincinnati WTA Masters 1000 tournament.
In the second round, Jankovic beat Annika Beck of Germany 6-1, 7-6 (7-0) early Thursday, while Ivanovic defeated Christina McHale 6-4, 6-0.
Four medals for young Serbian astrophysicists
Four medals for young Serbian astrophysicists
BELGRADE -- Students of the Mathematical High School in Belgrade have four medals at the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA).
The competition was held in Suceava, Romania.
Suceava: Four medals for Belgrade's young astrophysicists
SUCEAVA, BELGRADE - Students of the Mathematical High School in Belgrade won four medals and one honorable mention at the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) in Suceava, Romania.
Five high school students representing Serbia at the 8th IOAA, held from August 1 to 11, won a total of one gold, one silver and two bronze medals.
Serbians win 5 medals at Canoe World Championships
Serbians win 5 medals at Canoe World Championships
MOSCOW -- Serbia won three medals on the last day of the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (WC) in Moscow, and a total of five during the competition.
The country's most successful athletes were Nebojša Grujić and Marko Novaković, who won the men’s K-2 200m event.
Zimonjic, Nestor stopped in Toronto men's doubles semis
TORONTO - Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Canada's Daniel Nestor failed to reach the final of the Rogers Cup men's doubles event, after losing to Brazilian-Austrian duo of Bruno Soares and Alexander Peja 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) Sunday morning CET.
Grujic, Novakovic champions, silver for Moldovan sisters
MOSCOW - Serbia won three medals on the last day of the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (WC) in Moscow, its most successful athletes being Nebojsa Grujic and Marko Novakovic, who won the men’s K-2 200m event.
Kayak duo and Benedek-Ruzicic win bronzes at Canoe WC
MOSCOW - Serbian kayaking duo of Marko Tomicevic and Vladimir Torubarov and single kayaker Dalma Benedek-Ruzicic won the bronze medals in the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships’ men's K-2 1000m and women's K-1 1000m events, respectively, in Moscow Saturday.
Zimonjic, Nestor through to Toronto doubles semifinals
TORONTO - Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Canada's Danijel Nestor advanded to the semifinals of the men's doubles event at the Masters Series tournament in Toronto, after defeating the French pair Julien Benneteau/Edouard Roger-Vasselin 2-6, 6-3, 14-12 late on Friday CET.
Jelena Jankovic ousted from two events at Rogers Cup
MONTREAL – After frustrating Ana Ivanovic’s Rogers Cup bid on Thursday, American Coco Vandeweghe pulled out a surprise 7-6 (10-8) 2-6, 7-5 victory over Serbia’s best female tennis player Jelena Jankovic Friday morning CET.
It took Vandeweghe two hours and 38 minutes to secure her spot in the quarterfinals.
Zimonjic, Nestor beat Djokovic, Wawrinka
TORONTO - Serbia's Nenad Zimonijc and Canada's Daniel Nestor reached the Rogers Cup doubles quarter-finals by beating the Serbian-Swiss pair of Novak Djokovic and Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 6-4 in Toronto early Thursday.
Jankovic through to Rogers Cup 3rd round, Ivanovic ousted
MONTREAL - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic reached the third round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal early Thursday by beating Sloane Stephens of the United States 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in a marathon match that lasted three hours and 20 minutes.
Jankovic will next face Coco Vandeweghe of the United States, who beat Serbia's Ana Ivanovic 7-6 (9-7), 6-7 (7-9), 4-6 early Thursday.
Serbian men's basketball team loses last game in Trieste
TRIESTE - The tournament in Trieste ended in a defeat for the Serbian men's national basketball team, which lost to hosts Italy 80-71 (22-11, 15-24, 12-17, 31-19) in the last round late Tuesday.
It was the first defeat for head coach Aleksandar Djordjevic's team in the preparations for the upcoming World Championship in Spain.
Jankovic gets off to winning start in Rogers Cup doubles
MONTREAL - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic and Klara Koukalova of the Czech Republic got off to a winning start in the Rogers Cup women's doubles in Montreal early Wednesday by beating the Georgian-Ukrainian pair of Oksana Kalashnikova and Olga Savchuk 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 10-0.