David Goffin

MONTE CARLO - Serbia's top-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic has failed to reach the semi-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters tournament after losing to Belgian David Goffin 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in the quarter-finals late Friday.

Goffin won after over two and a half hours of play, and is now 1-5 head-to-head against Djokovic.

Belgium's David Goffin, who lost dramatically to Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in Sofia last Sunday, managed to oust him nearly a week later in Rotterdam, bringing about Dimitrov's second loss since the year began.

Dimitrov was defeated 4:6, 6:1, 3:6 at the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 tennis tournament in Rotterdam.

Bulgaria's tennis player Grigor Dimitrov marches on after several wins in the season.

Dimitrov has now defeated Denis Istomin at the second round of the ATP Tournament 500 in Rotterdam (7:6 (3), 6:1).

Istomin himself beat reigning champion Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open.

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria has won two straight sets, 7:5, 6:4, against Belgium's David Goffin as the two have played for the title of the Garanti Koza Sofia Open tournament.

Dimitrov has so far won two out of two matches.

For Bulgaria's best-ranking tennis player, this is the first time he is playing in an ATP final in his homeland's capital.

Bulgaria's top ranked tennis player Grigor Dimitrov will vie for the title of Sofia Open in the afternon after a swift victory against Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgia).

Dimitrov will face David Goffin of Belgium after a 63-minute game that ended 6:1, 6:3.

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria has made it to his first ever Austrian Open semi-final, after defeating David Goffin of Belgium.

It has taken him just over two hours to beat Goffin, the world's 11th-best tennis player according to the ATP ranking, 6:3, 6:2, 6:4.

Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after defeating Denis Istomin (2:6, 7:6 (2), 6:2, 6:1).

This is the second time Dimitrov will play at the quarter-finals since 2014.

LONDON - Serbia's top-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic beat Belgian David Goffin 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday to clinch a semi-final spot at the ATP World Tour Finals in London.

The five-time champion won after 65 minutes of play and is now 5-0 head-to-head against Goffin, a stand-in for the injured Frenchman Gael Monfils.

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NEW YORK - Serbia's Viktor Troicki has ended his campaign at the US Open after a 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 defeat to Jared Donaldson of the United States in the second round.

After beating David Goffin of Belgium, world number 122 Donaldson, 19, caused another upset at the tournament and will next play Croatia's Ivo Karlovic.

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PARIS - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the current world number one in men's tennis, is through to the Roland Garros semi-finals after beating Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 on Thursday.

Djokovic won after two hours and six minutes of play, chalking up his 24th victory in 26 encounters with Berdych. It was also his 11 consecutive win over the Czech.