Diego Schwartzman

LONDON - Serbians Dusan Lajovic and Miomir Kecmanovic are both out of Wimbledon following first round defeats in the men's singles event on Monday.

Lajovic lost to Briton Jan Choinski 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2, 6-2 after two hours and 37 minutes of play, while Kecmanovic was defeated by Argentine Diego Schwartzman 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 after two hours and six minutes of play.

The titles are defended by Elena Ribakina and Novak Djokovic, whose quest on the 24th Grand Slam trophy begins on the first day of the tournament at 2:30 p.m.

Bulgaria's best tennis player Grigor Dimitrov ended ingloriously his participation in the tournament, "Rogers Cup" in Montreal, Canada.

Dimitrov was eliminated in the third round of the tournament by Dutchman Robin Haase, after loss of 6:7 (3), 6:4, 1:6. He did not find his best game in this match and he made first loss of this rival in the meetings between them so far.

ISTANBUL - Serbia's Dusan Lajovic has failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the Istanbul ATP tennis tournament after losing to Diego Schwartzman 7-5, 6-2 on Friday.

The third-seeded Argentine won after an hour and a half of play.

Tanjug file photo, T. Valic

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

Bulgaria's highest-ranking tennis player Grigor Dimitrov is to play against Diego Schwartzman in the third round of a tournament in Chengdu, China.

It was in a match against Schwartzman that Dimitrov was on the brink of grabbing the title of Istanbul Open this spring, but surprisingly lost 7:6, 6:7(4), 0:6.

Grigor Dimitrov, the highest-ranking Bulgarian tennis player, apologized for his actions at the ATP Istanbul final on Sunday.

Dimitrov lost to Diego Schwartzman of Argentina after leading on him 7:6, 5:2.

Schwartzman, however, caught up with the Bulgarian, winning a tie-breaker in the second set and reaching the 6th game of the third set.

The highest-ranking Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has been defeated 7:6, 6:7, 6:0 by  Argentina's Diego Schwartzman at the ATP Istanbul final.

Schwartzman, who is currently No 87 in the ATP rankings (Dimitrov is No 29), was playing at a final of a major ATP tournament for the first time.

BUCHAREST - Serbian tennis player Dusan Lajovic and Diego Schwartzman of Argentina qualified for the Bucharest ATP quarterfinal as they defeated Romania's Patrick Grigoriu and Costin Paval in the first round match on Wednesday, 6-4, 2-6, 10-6.