Andy Murray

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic has got off to a successful start to his Australian Open title defence with a routine 6-1, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 victory over Spaniard Fernando Verdasco on Tuesday.

In an excellent display, Djokovic - who has six Australian Open titles - won after two hours and 23 minutes of play and is now 10-4 head-to-head against Verdasco.

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BELGRADE - World No. 117 Denis Istomin produced the shock of the 2017 Australian Open so far by dumping defending champion Novak Djokovic out of the tournament in the second round.

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic will begin his Australian Open title defence against Spaniard Fernando Verdasco.

If he wins, Djokovic - a six-time champion in Melbourne - will face the winner of the match between Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin and a qualifier.

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DOHA - Serbia's Novak Djokovic will be defending his Doha title in the final of the ATP tennis tournament after saving five match points to knock out Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-3 in the semi-final on Friday.

In the final, he will face the winner of the match between Briton Andy Murray and Czech Tomas Berdych.

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DOHA - Serbia's top-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic is through to the semi-finals of the Doha ATP tournament after defeating seasoned Czech veteran Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday.

Title defender Djokovic won after 93 minutes of play and is now 13-1 head-to-head against Stepanek.

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DOHA - Serbia's Novak Djokovic is through to the quarter-finals at the Doha ATP tennis tournament after beating Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday.

Title defender Djokovic won the match after just 73 minutes of play.

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DOHA - Serbia's Novak Djokovic has got off to a successful start in 2017 after beating Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff (7-6 (7-1), 6-3) at the Doha ATP tournament Monday.

In a bid to reach the quarter-finals, title defender Djokovic - who won after an hour and a half of play - will face the winner of the match between Horacio Zeballos of Argentina and Florian Meyer of Germany.

LONDON - For the first time in his career, Britain's Andy Murray is set to finish a year as the world number one in men's tennis after beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the ATP World Tour Finals in London late Sunday.

Murray won after 104 minutes of play and is now 11-35 head-to-head against Djokovic.

Britain's Andy Murray (L) poses with the ATP World Tour Finals trophy (L) with runner up Serbia's Novak Djokovic (R) after Murray won the men's singles final on the eighth and final day of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament in London on November 20, 2016 © Glyn Kirk / AFP

For the first time in his career, Britain's Andy Murray is set to finish a year as the world number one in men's tennis.

Murray beat Serbia's Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the ATP World Tour Finals in London late on Sunday.