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The world number one pair of Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams aim to bounce back this week at the Cincinnati Masters, the last major tuneup before the US Open.
      
Djokovic was stung by a third-round hammering by France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who got past the Serb in less than an hour en route to taking the ATP Masters title in Toronto on Sunday.
      

MONTREAL – After frustrating Ana Ivanovic’s Rogers Cup bid on Thursday, American Coco Vandeweghe pulled out a surprise 7-6 (10-8) 2-6, 7-5 victory over Serbia’s best female tennis player Jelena Jankovic Friday morning CET.

It took Vandeweghe two hours and 38 minutes to secure her spot in the quarterfinals.

MONTREAL - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic reached the third round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal early Thursday by beating Sloane Stephens of the United States 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in a marathon match that lasted three hours and 20 minutes.

Jankovic will next face Coco Vandeweghe of the United States, who beat Serbia's Ana Ivanovic 7-6 (9-7), 6-7 (7-9), 4-6 early Thursday.

MONTREAL - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic and Klara Koukalova of the Czech Republic got off to a winning start in the Rogers Cup women's doubles in Montreal early Wednesday by beating the Georgian-Ukrainian pair of Oksana Kalashnikova and Olga Savchuk 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 10-0.

MONTREAL - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic reached the second round of the Montreal WTA Premier tournament late Tuesday by beating Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 6-1, 6-2.

The Serbian will next play Coco Vandeweghe of the United States, who beat China's Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-4.

World number one Serena Williams climbed out of an early hole to beat third-seeded German Angelique Kerber 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 on Sunday to win the WTA Stanford crown.
      

Romanian female tennis player Simona Halep, currently 3rd in the WTA ranking, will become the world's No. 2 after China's Na Li announced she is forced to skip a series of tournaments because of a long-standing knee injury.

Voting has recently begun to select the best 100 films of Turkish cinema as part of events marking the 100th anniversary of the country’s cinema.

BELGRADE - The Belgian dance company of Michele Noiret and their performance entitled 'Minutes Opportunes' in Madlenianum Opera and Theatre closed late on Monday the eleventh edition of the Belgrade Dance Festival (BDF) which presented 11 world's best dance companies.

BELGRADE - The eleventh edition of the Belgrade Dance Festival (BDF), featuring artists at the forefront of the global dance scene, will take place from March 30 to April 14.