Dusan Lajovic
Tennis: BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy (ATP) Thursday results, Friday schedule
Romanians Marius Copil and Adrian Ungur produced the day's surprise Thursday, defeating Florin Mergea and Rohan Bopanna in the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy doubles on the BNR Arenas of Bucharest and thus qualifying to the semifinal.
Lajovic successful in doubles
BUCHAREST - Serbian tennis player Dusan Lajovic and Diego Schwartzman of Argentina qualified for the Bucharest ATP quarterfinal as they defeated Romania's Patrick Grigoriu and Costin Paval in the first round match on Wednesday, 6-4, 2-6, 10-6.
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Lajovic fails to qualify for Bucharest ATP quarterfinal
BUCHAREST - Serbian tennis player Dusan Lajovic failed to qualify for the Bucharest ATP quarterfinal as he lost the Wednesday match to Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Lajovic through to second round in Bucharest
BUCHAREST - Serbia's tennis player Dusan Lajovic has reached the second round of the ATP tournament in Bucharest, after defeating Jurgen Zopp of Estonia 7-5, 6-1 on Tuesday.
Lajovic outplayed the world's No. 157 for about an hour. In his bid for the quarterfinals, he will take on fourth seed Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic, who skipped the first round.
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Djokovic makes history: Federer 5,460 points behind No. 1
LONDON - World's best tennis player Novak Djokovic continues to make "the white sport" history as his latest lead over Roger Federer of more than 5,000 points is the largest gap between No. 1 and No. 2 in ATP history.
Djokovic ups score difference, Troicki ranks 36th
LONDON - World's best tennis player Novak Djokovic defended the Miami Open title and increased the score difference against second-ranked Swiss player Roger Federer on the latest ATP list.
Djokovic currently has 13,205 points, 4,310 more than Federer who skipped the Florida tournament where he reached the quarterfinal last year.
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Krajinovic in main draft in Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS - Serbia's Filip Krajinovic has reached the main draft of the ATP Masters tournament in Indian Wells, after beating Australia's Luke Sevil 6-1 7-6(3) in the second round of the qualifications on Thursday.
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Djokovic pulls further ahead in ATP rankings
LONDON - World number one Novak Djokovic moved further ahead of Switzerland's Roger Federer, in 2nd place, in the latest ATP rankings, posted on Monday.
Despite the defeat in the final in Dubai, Djokovic increased his lead, since Federer merely defended his title, while Djokovic stayed in the tournament longer than lasy year, when he was ousted in the semifinals.
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Djokovic, Troicki, Zimonjic and Krajinovic to verse Croatia
BELGRADE - World number one Novak Djokovic will head Serbia's Davis Cup team in their tie with Croatia in the first round of the 2015 Davis Cup World Group in Kraljevo, central Serbia, in March, the Tennis Federation of Serbia (TSS) said in a release on Tuesday.
Djokovic cements top spot, Troicki climbs to No. 46
LONDON - World number one Novak Djokovic has cemented the top spot in the ATP ladder, doubling the gap between him and second-placed Roger Federer following his fifth Australian Open title on Sunday.
Djokovic now has 13,045 points, 3,800 more than Federer, who lost points after not reaching the semifinals, dumped out by Italy's Andreas Seppi in the third round.