Stan Wawrinka

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Viktor Troicki on Wednesday beat Italian Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-3 in the second round of the Australian Open tennis tournament.

Troicki, who won after nearly 4 hours of play, will next face fourth-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland, against whom he is 0-7 head-to-head.

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BRISBANE - Serbia's Viktor Troicki has failed to cause an upset at the Brisbane ATP tennis tournament after losing 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 to Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka in the second round on Wednesday.

World number four Wawrinka now has seven victories out of as many matches against Troicki.

The prize money in Brisbane is 437,380 dollars.

Tanjug file photo, T. Valic

Grigor Dimitrov continued in an excellent manner his performance in 2017 and reached the final in Brisbane after defeating Milos Raonic who is ranked 3rd in the world.

The Bulgarian tennis player won 7:6 (7), 6:2 after 92 minutes of play and, in a second consecutive match, overcame a tennis player in the ATP Top 10.

Dimitrov will face Kei Nishikori at the final on January 8.

BRISBANE - Serbia's Viktor Troicki has got off to a winning start in 2017 after beating Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka 6-4, 7-5 in the opening round of the Brisbane ATP tennis tournament on Tuesday.

The match had been interrupted on Monday by a rain delay, but Troicki managed to see it out without much trouble and will face Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland in the second round.

SHANGHAI - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the current world number one in men's tennis, beat Italian Fabio Fognini in the opening round of the Shanghai Masters Tuesday after being sidelined for a month due to injury.

ST. PETERSBURG - Serbia's Viktor Troicki is through to the quarter-finals of the St. Petersburg Open tennis tournament after beating fellow Serbian Dusan Lajovic 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday.

Troicki won after 73 minutes of play to make his head-to-head record against Lajovic 2-0.

NEW YORK - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the current world number one in men's tennis, has failed to defend his US Open title after losing to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 6-7 (1-7), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 in the final early Monday.

Wawrinka won after nearly four hours of play to claim his third career Grand Slam title.

Djokovic is now 24-5 head-to-head against Wawrinka.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the current world number one in men's tennis, has failed to defend his U.S. Open title.

Djokovic lost to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 6-7 (1-7), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 in the final early on Monday European time.

CHAMPION STYLE Djokovic wins 2nd U.S. Open, 10th Grand Slam title

Novak Djokovic beat Swiss Roger Federer 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 early on Monday Central European Time to win his second U.S. Open and 10th Gram Slam title.

By triumphing in New York, the world number one tennis player became only the eighth man in the history of the sport to have double-digit Grand Slam titles.

Grigor Dimitrov proceeded to the second round of the 2015 US Open on Monday, defeating the Australian qualifier Matthew Ebden in three sets.

The 17th seed Bulgarian came through by a comfortable 6-4 6-2 6-4 win over Ebden in New York.