Lee Jin-man

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the number one in men's tennis, has got off to a winning start at the Australian Open in Melbourne by beating Slovenia's Aljaz Bedene 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 early Tuesday.

In the next round of the season's first Grand Slam tournament, Djokovic will face the winner of the match between Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia and Albert Ramos of Spain.

LONDON - Serbia's Viktor Troicki moved up 38 places in the latest ATP rankings and is currently world number 54 with 826 points.

Troicki made great progress thanks to an impressive run at the tournament in Sydney, where he defeated Kazakhstani Mikhail Kukushkin 6-2, 6-3 in the final.