Aleksandra Krunic

MELBOURNE - Serbians Aleksandra Krunic, Laslo Djere and Dusan Lajovic are all out of the Australian Open after first round singles defeats on Tuesday.

Krunic lost 6-4, 6-1 to Frenchwoman Clara Burel, who won after 68 minutes of play.

In a five-set thriller, Djere was defeated 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 by Frenchman Arthur Cazaux after three hours and 28 minutes of play.

BRISBANE - Serbian tennis player Aleksandra Krunic has ended her campaign at the Brisbane WTA tournament after losing 6-2, 6-4 to Latvian Anastasija Sevastova in the quarter-finals on Thursday.

Failing to emulate her excellent performances from the previous two rounds, when she knocked out German Carina Witthoeft and Spanard Garbine Muguruza, Krunic was defeated after 87 minutes.

BRISBANE - Serbia's top-ranked female tennis player Aleksandra Krunic is through to the quarter-finals of the Brisbane tournament after Garbine Muguruza of Spain retired from their match on Tuesday due to cramps.

Interestingly, this was the fourth consecutive retirement in Brisbane for Muguruza, who was leading 7-5, 6-7 (3), 2-1.

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RABAT - Serbia's Aleksandra Krunic has suffered an early exit from the Rabat WTA tournament after losing 6-2, 7-6 (9-7) to Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova in the first round on Tuesday.

Krunic will continue her Rabat campaign with her doubles partner, Daria Gavrilova of Australia.

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ZRENJANIN - Aleksandra Krunic and Ashleigh Barty were on Friday drawn to open the Fed Cup World Group II play-offs clash between Serbia and Australia in Zrenjanin on Saturday, with Ivana Jorovic and Daria Gavrilova to take the court afterwards.

CHARLESTON - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic and Aleksandra Krunic have been knocked out of the Charleston WTA tennis tournament.

Jankovic, the 2007 winner at the tournament, lost 6-1, 6-3 to Australian Samantha Stosur in the second round, with Krunic defeated 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 by Croatia's Mirjana Lucic-Baroni.

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TAIPEI - Serbia's Aleksandra Krunic has ended her campaign at the WTA tournament in Chinese Taipei after losing 6-3, 6-4 to Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic in the opening round on Tuesday.

Wild card Safarova will next face Latvian Anastasia Sevastova.

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HONG KONG - Serbia's highest-ranked female tennis player Jelena Jankovic beat compatriot Aleksandra Krunic 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong WTA tournament.

Jankovic won their first-ever encounter after an hour and a half of play.

HONG KONG - Serbia's highest-ranked female tennis player Jelena Jankovic has got off to a successful start at the Hong Kong WTA tournament after beating American Samantha Crawford 6-3, 6-1.

She will next face compatriot Aleksandra Krunic, who defeated Luxika Kumkhum of Thailand 6-1, 6-0 on Monday.

It will be Jankovic and Krunic's first-ever encounter.

BELGRADE - Belgium secured its place in next year's Fed Cup World Group II after beating Serbia in their play-off tie 3-1 in Belgrade on Sunday.

Serbia are now relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group I.

Belgian Kirsten Flipkens brought Belgium back to World Group II following a hard fought 7-6 (10-8), 6-4 victory over Ivana Jorovic.