Thomas Fabbiano

Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas suffered a shock first-round defeat at Wimbledon Monday as he was ousted 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-7(8) 6-3 by lowly ranked Italian Thomas Fabbiano. A year ago, the seventh-seeded Greek needed just 91 minutes to beat the Italian in the third round. "Somehow, I didn't manage to get even close to that level that I played last year.

Young guns Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev suffered shock first-round defeats at Wimbledon on Monday as the sixth and seventh seeds were bundled out within an hour of each other.

Greek hopes for glory at Wimbledon rest on the shoulders of Stefanos Tsitsipas, seen here arriving for a training session at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in London on Saturday. With a career-high ranking of No 6, the 20-year-old is the most successful Greek player in the game's history. He has so far won three ATP singles titles and reached seven finals.

Grigor Dimitrov placed under №20 for the fifth time in his career and third consecutive in the last round of the Australian Open Tennis Championship after 2014-2015 and 2017-2018.

Grigor Dimitrov came through in straight sets 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4 against the Italian Thomas Fabbiano as he seeks to better his quarter-final exit from last year.

Grigor Dimitrov, the 20th seed, needed four sets to come through against Argentina's Pablo Cuevas, winning 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-5, reported EU Sport.

The Bulgarian benefited from the strength of his serve, with a 74% percentage on his first serve, and winning 84% of those points.

Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates after beating Jared Donaldson of United States during their second round match during the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in London on Thursday. Tsitsipas won three sets to two in three hours and 25 minutes (6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3).

SHOOTING: A few days after winning bronze in the 25-meter pistol, Olympic champion Anna Korakaki won gold at the 10-m air pistol at the World Cup in Munich on Tuesday.

VOLLEYBALL: The men's national team started off with a win in its World Championship qualifying group in the Netherlands, beating Moldova 3-1 on Tuesday

BUCHAREST - Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic made a successful start at the ATP tournament in Bucharest prevailing over qualifier Thomas Fabbiano of Italy 6-4, 6-3 on Tuesday.

His next opponent will be first seed Gilles Simon of France.

Simon owns a 7-2 edge over Tipsarevic.

Photo TANJUG/D. Stankovic, file