Borna Coric

SHANGHAI - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has confirmed he will be competing at the upcoming Shanghai Masters, the tournament organisers announced on Tuesday.

Djokovic, who became an Olympic champion on Sunday, has not played in Shanghai for five years.

BANJALUKA - Serbian tennis players Dusan Lajovic and Laslo Djere are through to the second round of the men's singles event at the Srpska Open tournament in Banjaluka.

Lajovic defeated compatriot Filip Krajinovic 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the first round after two hours and 20 minutes of play.

The match was finished on Tuesday after being interrupted by a rain delay on Monday.

DUBAI - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis, is through to the semi-finals of the Dubai ATP tournament after defeating Hubert Hurkacz of Poland 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday evening.

Djokovic won after 102 minutes of play and is now 5-0 head-to-head against Hurkacz.

He says that it is a great honor to return a tournament of this type to Belgrade.

The Antalya Open, the first Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament of 2021 to be held in the Mediterranean province of Antalya, will start on Jan. 5 and will continue until Jan. 13.

World No. 10 Matteo Berrettini will lead three top 20 players at the event, one of two tournaments set to take place in week 1 of the 2021 ATP Tour calendar.

Grigor Dimitrov qualified without a game for the third round of the US Open after it became clear that Borna Ćorić had given up due to a muscle injury.

The second Test for Grigor Dimitrov in this year's US Open is linked to a match against the 12th in the world. Croatia's Borna Coric is the next rival for the Bulgarian tennis player who successfully began participating in New York.

The Bulgarian showed strong character and he won the duel against the Italian Andreas Seppi.
Grigor Dimitrov won the match against Italian Andreas Seppi, in the first round of the US Open with 6: 1, 6: 7 (2), 6: 4, 6: 3 in 2 hours and 47 minutes of play. The Bulgarian showed strong character and deservedly won, writes Gong.Bg.

Stefanos Tsitsipas reached the final of the Dubai Championships by beating Gael Monfils 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) on Friday, keeping the rising star from Greece on course for back-to-back ATP titles.
Roger Federer, who is looking to win his 100th career title, meets Borna Coric in the second semifinal later.

ISTANBUL - Serbia's Dusan Lajovic beat Croat Borna Coric 6-3, 6-7 (1-7), 7-5 at the ATP tournament in Istanbul on Tuesday, rounding off a great day for Serbian players at the event.

Lajovic defeated the seventh-seeded opponent in the opening round after two hours and 43 minutes of play.