EASTBOURNE

An Eastbourne man who buried a beach ball on a Greek island 34 years ago has been tracked down with the help of social media this week. Stephen Smallwood buried the ball, which had his name and address written on it, as a teenager in 1983 while in Malia with his then girlfriend Lisa Morley.

EASTBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic is through to the final of the Eastbourne ATP tennis tournament after beating young Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-4 on Friday.

In a bid to win the title, top-seeded Djokovic will face the winner of the other semi-final between Frenchmen Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils.

EASTBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic is through to the semi-finals of the Eastbourne tennis tournament after beating American Donald Young 6-2, 7-6 (11-9) on Thursday.

First-seeded Djokovic won the first set with ease but had to save two set points in the second set, converting his fourth match point to win the encounter after 107 minutes of play.

EASTBOURNE - Serbia's top-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic has got off to a successful start at the Eastbourne ATP tournament after beating Canadian Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 6-3 in the second round on Wednesday.

Djokovic, who won after 85 minutes of play, is now 5-0 head-to-head against Pospisil.

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EASTBOURNE - As part of preparations for Wimbledon, Serbia's top-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic has accepted a wild card for the Eastbourne ATP tournament, where he has never played in his career.

Djokovic, who has not played competitively since the defeat to Austrian Dominic Thiem in the Roland Garros quarter-finals, wants to prepare for Wimbledon as well as possible.