Jeremy Chardy

Bulgarian tennis star Grigor Dimitrov started the new season with a victory in the men's doubles competition at the Brisbane International tournament.

The Bulgarian and his partner Thanasi Kokkinakis from Australia defeated Jeremy Chardy (France) and Lukasz Kubot (Poland) with 6:3, 3:6, 10:8, electronic daily Dnevnik reports.

Bulgaria's top tennis player Grigor Dimitrov is to face Jeremy Chardy from France in the second round of the Brisbane International tournament.

In the first round Chardy won with 6:4, 6:4 against Andrey Golubev from Kazahkstan in a tight match, electronic daily Dnevnik reports.

Romanian Horia Tecau and Dutchman Jean-Julien Rojer won the doubles competition of the ATP Valencia Open, defeating the pair Kevin Anderson (South Africa) / Jeremy Chardy (France) 6-4, 6-2 in the Sunday final.

TORONTO – World No.1 Novak Djokovic moved on to the third round of the Masters Series tournament in Toronto after a tough second round win against Frenchmen Gael Monfils 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-2) late on Thursday CET.

LONDON - Serbia's highest-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals late Monday by beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).

Djokovic won the match after an hour and 55 minutes and now has a 13-5 head-to-head record against Tsonga.

PARIS - Serbia's best ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic advanced to the third round of the French Open with a straight-sets win over Jeremy Chardy of France 6-1 6-4 6-2 on Wednesday.

The second seed produced a composed display against Chardy and used precise ground strokes and a better serving percentage to beat the Frenchman for the ninth straight time.

PARIS - Serbia's best tennis player Novak Djokovic eased into the second round at Roland Garros on Monday after a comfortable win over Joao Sousa of Portugal 6-1, 6-2, 6-4.

Second seed Djokovic will next face local favorite Jeremy Chardy who defeated Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain in straight sets 7-5, 6-2, 6-2.

ROME - Serbia's best tennis player Novak Djokovic qualified for the Rome Masters ATP as he defeated Spain's David Ferrer in the quarterfinal match on Friday, 2-1 (7-5, 4-6, 6-3).

Djokovic, who won the Rome Masters in 2008 and 2011, will cross rackets with Canada's Milos Raonic in the semifinal match as Raonic beat France's Jeremy Chardy in the Friday match, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.