Asian Games

Tipsarevic through to Bangkok semis

Published by Tanjug on Mon, 01/09/2017 - 08:02

BANGKOK - Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic is through to the semi-finals of the ATP Challenger in Bangkok after beating Belgian Yannick Mertens 6-2, 6-4.

Fifth-seeded Tipsarevic will next face world number 112 Yuichi Sugita of Japan.

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Bogdan - Melichar double advances to quarterfinals of Bogota Open 2015

Published by Agerpres on Wed, 04/15/2015 - 09:16

Women's tennnis double Elena Bogdan of Romania and Nicole Melichar of the US advanced to the quarterfinals of the 250,000-US-dollar WTA Claro Colsanitas Open tournament in Bogota, Colombia, as they defeated Nastja Kolar (Slovenia)/Elise Mertens (Belgium), 7-6 (3), 6-4 on Tuesday.

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Grgic meets Olympic standard for Rio Games

Published by Tanjug on Sun, 04/12/2015 - 17:06

CHANGWON - Serbian sports shooter Dimitrije Grgic has finished fourth in the men's air rifle event at the World Cup in Changwon, securing an Olympic berth for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

Scoring 159.2 points in the final, he fell short of winning a medal, finishing behind Jin Jong-oh of South Korea, Ye Tun Naung of Myanmar and Jitu Rai of India.

Arsovic wins gold in Kuwait

Published by Tanjug on Tue, 01/27/2015 - 13:48

KUWAIT - Andrea Arsovic, a member of the Serbian shooting sports team, won the gold medal in women's air rifle at the Kuwait Grand Prix on Tuesday.

Arsovic scored 207.1 points, beating Mongolia's Narantuya Chuluunbadrakh (206.5) and Jasmine Ser Xiang Wei of Singapore (186.2).

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