Laura Siegemund

Jankovic, Troicki, Lajovic win AO openers

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic, Viktor Troicki and Dusan Lajovic are all through to the second round of the Australian Open tennis tournament.

Jankovic beat German Laura Siegemund 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 in early Monday's opener, Troicki outplayed Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 6-3, while Lajovic eased past Frenchman Stephane Robert, winning 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.

Zimonjic fails to reach US Open mixed doubles final

NEW YORK - Serbian tennis player Nenad Zimonjic and his doubles partner Yung Jan Chan of Taiwan have failed to reach the US Open mixed doubles final after a 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 defeat to the Croatian-German pairing of Mate Pavic and Laura Siegemund on Wednesday.

In a balanced match, Zimonjic and Chan lost after an hour and 40 minutes of play.

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Zimonjic through to US Open mixed doubles semis

NEW YORK - Serbian tennis player Nenad Zimonjic and his doubles partner Yung Jan Chan of Taiwan are through to the US Open mixed doubles semi-finals after beating the Brazilian-Kazakhstani duo of Bruno Soares and Yaroslava Shvedova 1-6, 6-3, 13-11 late Tuesday.

Zimonjic and Chan will next face the Croatian-German pairing of Mate Pavic and Laura Siegemund.

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