Tennis

Đoković to lead Serbia in clash with India

BELGRADE -- The world's number one tennis player Novak Đoković will lead Serbia's team against India in a playoff clash for staying in the World Group.

The matches will take place in Bangalore September 12-14.

BELGRADE - The world's number one tennis player Novak Djokovic will lead Serbia's team against India in a playoff clash for staying in the World Group that will take place in Bangalore from September 12-14.

Besides Djokovic, head coach Bogdan Obradovic chose Dusan Lajovic, Filip Krajinovic and Nenad Zimonjic for the match against India.

NEW YORK - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic and Czech Republic's Klara Koukalova lost to the Indo-Zimbabwean pair Sania Mirza/Cara Black 6-3, 6-2 at the US Open early on Tuesday CET

Jankovic was ousted in the singles competition earlier, after losing to Belinda Bencic from Switzerland 7(6)-6, 6-3 in the 4th round on Sunday.

NEW YORK - World No. 1 Novak Djokovic advanced to the quarter-final of US Open after defeating Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 late on Monday CET.

In a routine match that lasted a little over two hours, Djokovic notched up his fifth win over Kohlschreiber and reached his 22nd straight Grand Slam quarter-final.

NEW YORK - Serbian qualifier Aleksandra Krunic lost her fourth round match at the US Open to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in three sets (4-6, 6-4, 6-4) early on Tuesday CET.

In the match that lasted two hours and 18 minutes, the 21-year-old Serbian showed flashes of brilliance before struggling to keep her focus in the final set, which cost her a place in the quarter-finals.

NEW YORK - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic lest to Belinda Bencic from Switzerland 6(8)-6 6-3 in the 4th round of the US Open on Monday.

That match took two hours and the win made Bancic the second youngest quarterfinalist of in the history of the US Open, behind compatriot Martina Hingis, who was six months younger when she won the tournament back in 1997.

Number seven seed, Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov held off a strong challenge from David Goffin to reach the fourth round of the US Open, Sunday.

After losing the first set with 0-6, the 23-year-old Dimitrov managed to hit back immediately using an array of powerful groundstrokes to hit 11 winners and earn a crucial break that allowed him to serve out the set 6-3.

COMO - Serbian tennis player Viktor Troicki win the trophy at the Citta di Como Challenger tournament in Como, Italy, as he defeated Irish player Louk Sorensen in the final match on Sunday, 2-0 (6-3, 6-2).

NEW YORK - Serbian female tennis player Jelena Jankovic and Klara Koukalova of the Czech Republic qualified for the U.S. Open women's doubles third round as they defeated Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan and Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain in the Saturday match, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.

NEW YORK - World's best tennis player Novak Djokovic qualified for the U.S. Open third round as he defeated American player Sam Querrey in the Saturday match, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.

Djokovic scored the eighth victory in the duels against Querrey after less than an hour and a half into the match.