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THE HAGUE - Serbia's legal representative William Schabas has underscored in the continuation of the dispute between the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague that Croatia did not present any evidence about the existence of a plan by the Serbian authorities to commit genocide against Croats during the war in 1991.

INDIAN WELLS - Serbia's highest-ranking male tennis player Novak Djokovic reached the fourth round of the Indian Wells Masters Series tennis tournament late Tuesday by beating Alejandro Gonzalez of Colombia 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.

In a bid to reach the quarter-finals, Djokovic will play Marin Cilic of Croatia, who beat Tommy Robredo of Spain 6-4, 6-3.

THE HAGUE - The Serbian legal team began presenting its defence arguments concerning Croatia's genocide suit in the continuation of the dispute before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday, and in the next few days it will present Serbia's countersuit for the genocide committed against Serbs in Croatia in the clashes from 1991 to 1995.

INDIAN WELLS - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic qualified for the round of sixteen of the Masters 1000 Seriesin Indian Wells.

World's second best tennis player beat Romania's Victor Hanescu, 7-6 (7-1), 6-2.

In the fight for the quarterfinal, Djokovic will cross rackets with Columbia's Alejandro Gonzalez who defeated Ivan Dodig of Croatia, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5).

BELGRADE – Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday that Serbia has more serious and stronger legal arguments than Croatia in the current genocide case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), but pointed out that Serbia does not want to damage relations with anybody.

BELGRADE, THE HAGUE – Sasa Obradovic, Serbia’s chief representative before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Croatia-Serbia genocide case, said after Croatia had given its oral argument that evidence presented by the country is rather “thin and weak.”