DUBAI

BUCHAREST - Serbia beat host Romania in a FINA Water Polo World League Preliminaries Round 5 Group A match in Bucharest 7-4 (2-1, 1-0, 1-2, 3-1) late on Tuesday.

This was Serbia's third consecutive win, cementing its top position in the group with nine points ahead of Russia and Romania with three points each.

IMF to help Albania make reforms

A loan from the IMF will help Albania undertake economic reforms. Also in business news: Turkey wants to increase its 20 percent stake in the Trans-Anatolia Gas Pipeline project to 30 percent by April.

The pension system in Albania will be reformed with the help of an IMF loan. [AFP]

DUBAI/BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic attended the promotion of the Master Plan of 'City on Water' which was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

DUBAI - Serbian tennis player Nenad Zimonjic and Daniel Nestor of Canada did not succeed in claiming the title in the doubles final at the ATP tournament in Dubai on Saturday.

They lost to Rohan Bopanna (India) and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pakistan) 6-4, 6-3.

The prize fund amounted to USD 2.3 million.

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DUBAI - Serbia's Novak Djokovic failed to defend his title at the ATP tournament in Dubai, losing to Switzerland's Roger Federer 2-1 (3-6, 6-3, 6-2) in the semifinals on Friday.

This has been the 32nd match between the current world no. 2 and the world no. 8, and the 17th defeat for Djokovic.

DUBAI - Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Canada's Daniel Nestor reached the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in the doubles competition with a hard-fought win over the all-German pairing of Daniel Brands/Florian Mayer 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (10-8) on Friday.

DUBAI - Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Canada's Daniel Nestor advanced to the semifinals of the doubles event at the ATP tournament in Dubai on Thursday.

Zimonjic and Nestor beat Roberto Bautista Agut and Igor Sijsling, a Spanish-Dutch duo, 6-3, 6-2.

DUBAI - Serbia's Novak Djokovic advanced to the semifinals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships after his quarterfinal opponent Mikhail Youzhny of Russia withdrew from the tournament due to illness.

In Friday's semifinals, the world no. 2 will face the winner of the quarterfinal match between Roger Federer of Switzerland and Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic.

DUBAI - Serbia's best tennis player Novak Djokovic advanced to the quarterfinals of the ATP tournament in Dubai late on Wednesday.

Djokovic notched up an easy 6-1, 6-3 win against world no. 51 Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain.

Next up for Djokovic is a match against Russia's Mikhail Youzhny, who defeated British number three James Ward earlier today by 6-1, 7-6 (7-3).

DUBAI - Serbia's best-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic opened his title defense at the ATP tournament in Dubai with a straight-sets victory over Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan (6-3, 6-3).

In the second round on Wednesday, Djokovic will face world no. 51, Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, who defeated Adrian Ungur of Romania by 6-1, 6-3 on Monday.