Tennis

Ana Ivanovic through to Stanford second round

STANFORD - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic reached the second round of the Stanford WTA tournament early Wednesday by beating Sabine Lisicki of Germany 7-6 (6-2), 6-1.

The Serbian will next face Carol Zhao of Canada, who reached the second round after her opponent, Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer, withdrew from the match in the second set due to injury.

Grigor Dimitrov to Skip Tournament in Washington Over Illness

Bulgarian top tennis player Grigor Dimitrov will skip the ongoing tournament in Washington D.C. because of a flu and a sinus infection.

The tournament director Jeff Newman said that Grigor will be missed this year, however his health comes first. He wished Dimitrov good luck until the end of the season, Bulgarian Dnevnik reports.

Jovanovski through to Baku WTA final

BAKU - Serbian tennis player Bojana Jovanovski qualified for the final of the WTA Baku Cup in Azerbaijan as she defeated Stefanie Voegele from Switzerland, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.

In the final, Jovanovski will cross rackets with Ukraine's Elina Svitolina who beat Italian player Francesca Schiavone, on Saturday, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Photo Tanjug, D.Stankovic

Troicki beaten by Verdasco in Gstaad quarterfinal

GASTAAD - Serbian tennis player Viktor Troicki failed to qualify for the Gstaad ATP semifinal as he was beaten in the quarterfinal match by Spain's Fernando Verdasco, 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 6-1.

Troicki fiercely opposed the Spanish player as the match's expected winner, currently ranked 38th on the ATP list, and nearly managed to beat him.

Troicki reaches Gstaad quarterfinals

GSTAAD - Serbia's Viktor Troicki is through to the quarterfinals of the ATP tournament in Gstaad after defeating Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-4 in their second-round match on Thursday.

Next up for Troicki is a first-time clash with either Spaniard Fernando Verdasco or German Jan-Lennard Struff for a spot in the semifinals.

The Swiss Open prize fund totals EUR 485,760.

Public-Private Partnership Commission of Serbia,France meets

BELGRADE - Representatives of the Public-Private Partnership Commission of Serbia and France staged a meeting in Belgrade on Monday, as a continuation of meetings between Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and his French counterpart Manuel Valls which were held several weeks ago concerning the development and promotion of public-private partnerships and concessions.

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