Gael Monfils

MIAMI - Serbian tennis player Dusan Lajovic has been knocked out of the Miami Masters tournament after a 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 defeat to Frenchman Gael Monfils in the first round.

Monfils, who won after an hour and 34 minutes of play, will face Australian Jordan Thompson in the second round.

BANJALUKA - The world number one in men's tennis, Serbia's Novak Djokovic, Gael Monfils of France and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland will play at the April 16-23 Srpska Open ATP tournament in Banjaluka, the organisers announced on Tuesday.

Serbians Laslo Djere, Filip Krajinovic and Dusan Lajovic will also compete at the tournament.

Novak's potential rivals: Round I - free Round II Fucsovics / Fognini Round III Monfils / Basilashvili 1/4F Norrie / Rublev 1/2F Tsitsipas / Hurkacz F Medvedev / Zverev

Grigor Dimitrov returned to the world top 20! Novak Djokovic continues to hold the first place.

Here are the ATP Rankings (singles), as of 2 March 2020:

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB)

2. Rafael Nadal (ESP)

3. Dominic Thiem (AUT)

4. Roger Federer (SUI)

5. Daniil Medvedev (RUS)

6. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)

7. Alexander Zverev (GER)

Khachanov has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Dubai tournament, where he will meet with a Serbian tennis player.
The Russian and the Serb will meet for the fourth time in a career on Thursday from 4pm, with Novak leading 2-1 in their head to head matches.

Grigor Dimitrov has climbed seven positions up in the world rankings and is already the 20th in the world. The progress of the Bulgarian is due to his wonderful performance at the Paris Masters, where he reached the semifinals.

Greek second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas had to fight hard before booking his place in the Sofia Open quarter-finals, securing a 7-6(5) 6-4 win over feisty German Jan-Lennard Struff on Thursday having enjoyed the backing of the Bulgarian crowd.

"For the first time I play as if I was at home," said 20-year-old Tsitsipas, who reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open last month.

Staged at the Arena Armeec Sofia, the ATP 250 event in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia has been in the calendar since 2016, with Roberto Bautista Agut, Grigor Dimitrov and Mirza Basic lifting the trophy in the first three editions. As was expected, Grigor Dimitrov was in the spotlight every year there, playing or not, as by far the most accomplished Bulgarian male player ever an

As 2017 comes to a close, it's time to rank professional tennis players in a way they are rarely sorted: by how much fun they were this year to watch on the court.

EASTBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic is through to the final of the Eastbourne ATP tennis tournament after beating young Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-4 on Friday.

In a bid to win the title, top-seeded Djokovic will face the winner of the other semi-final between Frenchmen Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils.