Gaël 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.

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, is through to the Australian Open third round after a 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 victory over Alexei Popyrin in Melbourne on Wednesday.

The Serbian, who won after three hours and 11 minutes of play, is now 2-0 head-to-head against the Australian.

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.

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.

The participants in Sofia prove the high class of the Bulgarian tournament, reported NOVA TV. 

Stefanos Tsitsipas reached the final of the Dubai Championships by beating Gael Monfils 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) on Friday, keeping the rising star from Greece on course for back-to-back ATP titles.
Roger Federer, who is looking to win his 100th career title, meets Borna Coric in the second semifinal later.

Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas overcame the resistance of first-time ATP Tour quarter-finalist Hubert Hurkacz at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Thursday to set up a last-four meeting with Gael Monfils on Friday. The world No 11 defeated the Pole 7-6(4), 6-7(1), 6-1 in two hours and 20 minutes, keeping alive his chances of breaking into the Top 10 of the ATP rankings for the first time.

Gael Monfils doled out another lesson in outstanding tennis, winning 93 percent of points on his first serve, as he reached the semi-finals of the Sofia Open on Friday with a 6-3 7-6(5) win over Greece's emerging talent Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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.

Tenth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas survived a three-set thriller against France's Gael Monfils on Monday to advance to the second round of the Shanghai Masters. The 20-year-old Greek won 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4 on the hard court in Shanghai in two hours and 21 minutes. "My game has changed. I am more aggressive now. I'm actually stronger. I feel stronger," he told the ATP's official website.