Sport in Serbia

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.

Over 46,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the United States Tennis Association, USTA, to work with the US government to allow Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic to enter the US to compete in the US Open tournament.

He reached the victory after being two sets down and a big comeback.
"From the start of the third set, I played three really very solid, very high-quality tennis sets," he said simply. "From the very beginning of the third when I broke his serve early, I felt that I found my rhythm and tempo on the shots", Novak said.

Djokovic advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals by defeating Tim van Rijthoven 3-1 in straight sets.
About his next opponent, Jannik Sinner, he said:

The competition at Wimbledon starts on Monday, and the matches of the first round, among others, will be played by five Serbian tennis players, including the defending champion Novak Djokovic.
Three-time Wimbledon winner Djokovic is playing against Soonwoo Kwon from South Korea in the first round.

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal headline the title chase at Wimbledon where eight-time champion Roger Federer, the world's top two players as well as valuable ranking points will all be missing.

Djokovic is bidding for a seventh title at the All England Club to move level with U.S. great Pete Sampras.

Djokovic currently has 8.770 points, 110 less than on the previous list, and the points he lost by not winning the title at Roland Garros will be erased on June 13.
Then he will be overtaken by Daniil Medvedev, who currently has 8.160 points.

The ATP recently punished Wimbledon for sanctions against the Russians and deprived them of the right to award ATP and WTA points.
Due to that, the participation of many tennis players was questioned, but Novak confirmed that he is not one of them.

He defeated the younger countryman after the turnaround, and his potential rival in the semifinals will be the winner of the duel between Khachanov and Monteiro.

Mirko Vicevic resigned as coach of Red Star Belgrade water polo club on Wednesday after fans at a match in the Serbian capital on February 5 displayed a banner with the slogan "Shiptar [derogatory term for an Albanian], Hrvat [Croat], Balija [derogatory term for a Bosniak] - they are not my brothers".