Laslo Djere

PARIS - Serbia's top-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic was on Thursday drawn to play American Aleksandar Kovacevic in the first round of Roland Garros and could face current world number one Carlos Alcaraz as early as in the semi-finals.

He will potentially face Russian Andrey Rublev in the quarter-finals and Daniil Medvedev in the final.

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.

BELGRADE - Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic is back in the number one spot of the ATP rankings.

He took over from Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who has failed to defend his title at the Miami Masters.

Djokovic was forced to miss the tournament.

The Serbian tops the rankings with 7,160 points and Alcaraz is in second place with 6,780 points.

MIAMI - Serbian tennis players Laslo Djere and Dusan Lajovic are through to the second round of the Miami Masters tournament.

Djere, who ranks 58th in the ATP rankings, defeated world number 168 Aleksandar Vukic of Australia 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) last night.

Djere will next face Italian Jannik Sinner.

Djere is 2-1 head-to-head against Sinner.

BANJALUKA - The world number one in men's tennis, Serbia's Novak Djokovic, Gael Monfils of France and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland will play at the April 16-23 Srpska Open ATP tournament in Banjaluka, the organisers announced on Tuesday.

Serbians Laslo Djere, Filip Krajinovic and Dusan Lajovic will also compete at the tournament.

MELBOURNE - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic defeated Frenchman Enzo Couacaud 6-1, 6-7 (5-7) in the Australian Open second round on Thursday.

Djokovic won comfortably despite hamstring injury problems in the second set.

In the third round, Djokovic will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, who defeated Serbia's Laslo Djere.

MELBOURNE - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic and Spaniard Rafael Nadal, his biggest rival at the upcoming Australian Open, are on the opposite sides of the draw for the tournament and will not meet before the final.

AUCKLAND - Serbia's Laslo Djere is through to the quarter-finals of the ATP Auckland Open after defeating world number three Casper Ruud of Norway 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) on Wednesday.

Djere won after two hours and seven minutes of play and now has a 2-0 head-to-head record against Ruud.

World number 70 Djere will face Frenchman Constant Lestienne in the quarter-finals.

The competition at Wimbledon starts on Monday, and the matches of the first round, among others, will be played by five Serbian tennis players, including the defending champion Novak Djokovic.
Three-time Wimbledon winner Djokovic is playing against Soonwoo Kwon from South Korea in the first round.

This 250 series tournament is played from April 18 to 24, at the same time as the ATP 500 Tournament in Barcelona, however, it does not lag far behind in terms of quality. Belgrade has managed to attract some respectable names, so in addition to the world no.1, Novak Djokovic, Andrej Rublev, the eighth in the world, and Dominic Thiem, the winner of the US Open from 2020, will also perform.