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Djokovic beats Koepfer to advance to Olympic quarter-finals

PARIS - Serbia's Novak Djokovic is through to the quarter-finals of the men's tennis singles event at the Paris Olympics after a 7-5, 6-3 win over German Dominik Koepfer in Paris on Wednesday.

Djokovic, who won after an hour and 37 minutes of play, is now 2-0 head-to-head against Koepfer.

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

Alexis Tsipras’ series of meetings in Brazil at president Lula’s swearing-in ceremony

Main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras, who has been invited to the swearing-in ceremony of the new president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had a series of brief meetings and conversations with heads of state during his visit, party sources said on Monday.