Davis Cup

LONDON - Serbia were on Thursday drawn to play Greece in the tennis Davis Cup World Group 1 playoffs, the Tennis Association of Serbia announced.

The draw ceremony was held in London.

In a statement, the Association said Serbia would host the tie against Greece from September 13 through 15.

MALAGA - The Serbia Davis Cup team was on Sunday drawn to host Slovakia in the qualifiers for next season's Davis Cup Finals.

In a statement, the Tennis Association of Serbia said the tie was scheduled for February 2-3 or February 3-4 next year.

The draw was held in Malaga, where Serbia lost 2-1 to Italy in the semi-finals of this season's Davis Cup Finals on Saturday.

MALAGA - The Serbia Davis Cup team completed a training session in Malaga ahead of Thursday's tie against Great Britain in the Davis Cup Finals quarter-finals.

The training session was led by head coach Viktor Troicki and Janko Tipsarevic, a recent addition to the coaching staff.

LONDON - The Serbia men's national tennis team was on Tuesday drawn to play Great Britain in the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup Finals tournament.

The winner of the tie will face the Netherlands or Italy in the semi-finals.

The other two quarter-finals are Canada vs Finland and Czech Republic vs Australia.

The draw ceremony was held in London.

VALENCIA - Serbian tennis player Dusan Lajovic beat South Korea's Seong Chan Hong 6-4, 7-6 in a first round match of Davis Cup Group C in Valencia on Tuesday.

Lajovic won after two hours of play.

Serbia will also face Spain and the Czech Republic in Group C.

Croatia won the competition, played for the last time in this format, after beating France 3-1 in the final played in France.

The Serbia vs. Spain Davis Cup quarter-final tie on April 7-9 will be played in Belgrade's Aleksandar Nikolic Hall venue.

The Tennis Federation of Serbia announced this on Tuesday, Tanjug reported.

NIS - Serbia are through to the Davis Cup quarter-finals after defeating Russia 4-0 at the weekend.

Dusan Lajovic beat Konstantin Kravhcuk 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 on Sunday in the only singles match of the day.

Tanjug photo, D. Nikolic

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Serbia are through to the Davis Cup quarterfinals after defeating Russia 4-0 at the weekend.

Dusan Lajovic beat Konstantin Kravhcuk 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 on Sunday in the only singles match of the day.

BELGRADE - Serbia will host Russia in Nis for the two nations' Davis Cup World Group Round 1 tie next year, the Tennis Federation of Serbia announced in a statement.

Serbia are thus set to make a return to Nis's Cair Hall after five years - they beat Sweden 4-1 in the opening round in February 2012.

The tie is scheduled for February 3-5.

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