Viktor Troicki

Serbia vs. Croatia Davis Cup draw

KRALJEVO -- World No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia and 158th-ranked Mate Delic of Croatia will play the first match of the Serbia vs. Croatia Davis Cup tie.

The draw was held in Kraljevo, central Serbia, where the World Group 1st Round matches will be played.

KRALJEVO - World number one Novak Djokovic and 158th player in the ATP rankings Mate Delic will start off the Davis Cup matchup between Serbia and Croatia, according to the draw in Kraljevo on Thursday.

Djokovic and Delic will start their match at 1 p.m. CET on Friday, while Viktor Troicki, who is 41st in the world, and Borna Coric, 61st, will play next.

ACAPULCO - Serbia's Viktor Troicki did not make it to the semi finals of the ATP tournament in Acapulco after he was defeated by South African Kevin Anderson 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 late on Thursday.

Trocki took the lead against world No. 15 in the first set, but lost the momentum. After one hour and 48 minutes, Anderson managed to notch up the win.

ACAPULCO - Serbia's Viktor Troicki reached the quarterfinals of an ATP tournament in Acapulco by beating Columbia's Santiago Hiraldo 6-3 6-4 on Thursday.

His next opponent will be Kevin Anderson from South Africa, who beat Steve Johnson from the US 3-6 7-5 6-3.

The prize fund for the tournament is USD 1.4 million.

Photo Tanjug, M. Jelesijevic (archive)

Bulgaria's top tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has defeated Serbia's Filip Krajinovic 6:3, 5:7, 6:0 in a match of the first round of the ATP Acapulco 2015.

Tuesday's match lasted 2.02 hours, according to reports of dnevnik.bg.

In the second round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel tennis tournament, 23-year-old Dimitrov is to play Ryan Harrison of the US.

BELGRADE - World number one Novak Djokovic will head Serbia's Davis Cup team in their tie with Croatia in the first round of the 2015 Davis Cup World Group in Kraljevo, central Serbia, in March, the Tennis Federation of Serbia (TSS) said in a release on Tuesday.

MELBOURNE - Serbian tennis player Viktor Troicki ended his run at the Australian Open in Melbourne, after losing to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in a third-round match 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 on Friday morning (CET).

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Viktor Troicki advanced to the third round of the Australian Open tennis after defeating Argentina's Leonardo Mayer 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 in Melbourne early Wednesday morning CET.

The Serb, who extended his winning streak to 10 matches, will next play Czech Tomas Berdych, who beat Jurgen Melzer of Austria 7-6 (7-0), 6-2, 6-2.

AP Photo/Rick Rycroft

Coach confirms Djokovic will play against Croatia

KRALJEVO -- Serbia's tennis team coach Bogdan Obradovic has confirmed that Novak Djokovic will play a first-round match in the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Croatia.

MELBOURNE - Serbia's tennis player Viktor Troicki made a winning start at the Australian Open, after defeating Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 in a first-round match on Monday.

After claiming the title in Sydney, Troicki continued with good matches, confirming he is in excellent shape.