Mikhail Yuzhny

ISTANBUL - Serbia's Dusan Lajovic is through to the quarter-finals of the Istanbul ATP tennis tournament after beating Russia's Mikhail Yuzhny 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 on Thursday.

In a bid to qualify for the semi-finals, the Serbian, who won after nearly two hours, will face Diego Schwartzman of Argentina.

Tanjug photo, T. Valic

ISTANBUL - The all-Serbian duo of Viktor Troicki and Dusan Lajovic on Wednesday lost 4-6, 7-5, 10-4 to the Turkish-Italian pairing of Tuna Altuna and Alessandro Motti in the opening round of the men's doubles event at the ATP tennis tournament in Istanbul.