James Ward

BELGRADE - Great Britain took a 1-0 lead against Serbia in the Davis Cup quarter-finals Friday as Kyle Edmund beat Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 at Belgrade's Tasmajdan Stadium after two rain delays.

Dusan Lajovic vs James Ward, the other singles match scheduled for Friday, has been postponed until Saturday noon due to the rain.

BELGRADE - Janko Tipsarevic and Kyle Edmund have been drawn to open the Serbia vs Great Britain Davis Cup quarter-final tie.

The Tipsarevic vs Edmund match is scheduled for 4 pm Friday at Belgrade's Tasmajdan Stadium, with Dusan Lajovic to face James Ward afterwards.

Bulgaria's top tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has suffered a surprise defeat to Jerzy Janowicz in the Cincinnati Masters, Wednesday.

The Pole fired 12 aces in a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win over Dimitrov. For the Bulgarian tennis star it was a disappointing end to an excellent run that saw him progress to the Wimbledon and Toronto semi-finals.

Grigor Dimitrov opened the grass court season with a win over James Ward at the Aegon Queen's tournament in London.

The Brit was able to keep up with his high-ranked opponent only in the first set, which finished 7:5 for Grigor. Following that, the Bulgarian too control of things and cruised to a 6:3 win in the second.

Grigor Dimitrov will begin his grass court season with two matches on Tuesday evening at the Queen's tournament in London.

First, the Bulgarian will face James Ward, who represents the host nation. Their match is from the second round of the singles competition and will be played on the center court. Dimitrov, who is seeded 4th in the tournament, received a "bye" in the first round.

DUBAI - Serbia's best tennis player Novak Djokovic advanced to the quarterfinals of the ATP tournament in Dubai late on Wednesday.

Djokovic notched up an easy 6-1, 6-3 win against world no. 51 Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain.

Next up for Djokovic is a match against Russia's Mikhail Youzhny, who defeated British number three James Ward earlier today by 6-1, 7-6 (7-3).