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ADELAIDE - Serbian tennis player Miomir Kecmanovic is through to the semi-finals of the Adelaide ATP tournament after beating world number 70 Benjamin Bonzi of France 6-2, 6-3 in the quarter-finals on Thursday.

Kecmanovic, who ranks 55th in the ATP rankings, won after 65 minutes of play.

The Serbian will next face American Sebastian Korda.

Tenth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece beat Alejandro Tabilo 6-3, 6-4 to reach the third round of the Paris Masters on Tuesday and stay in contention to reach the season-ending ATP Finals for the top eight players. It is being held in Turin, Italy, next month. [AP]

Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece leaves the court after losing to Serbia's Novak Djokovic in their men's quarter-final match at the Roland Garros stadium during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris on Thursday. Djokovic, overcoming issues with his surgically repaired right knee, came back from a significant deficit in the second set to defeat Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6 (3).

Stefanos Tsitsipas maintained his stunning form at the Paris Masters with a 6-3 6-4 defeat of Russia's Karen Khachanov to reach the semi-finals on Friday.

The Greek, who a day earlier secured his place as one of the eight qualifiers for the ATP Finals in Turin, was at his shot-making best to dominate the contest.

LONDON - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic was on Friday drawn to play Argentine Pedro Cachin in the first round at Wimbledon.

Casper Ruud, Andrey Rublev and Janick Sinner are in Djokovic's half of the draw, with Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Holger Rune in the other half.

BELGRADE - Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic is back in the number one spot of the ATP rankings.

He took over from Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who has failed to defend his title at the Miami Masters.

Djokovic was forced to miss the tournament.

The Serbian tops the rankings with 7,160 points and Alcaraz is in second place with 6,780 points.

Medvedev defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas and scheduled a clash with Rafael Nadal.
Medvedev had an outburst of rage between the second and third sets, when he attacked the umpire for not warning Stefanos' father about coaching.

The Romanian-German pair made up of Horia Tecau/Kevin Krawietz won on Sunday the men's doubles final of the 1,318,605-EUR ATP 500 grass-court tournament in Halle (Germany), after defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada)/Hubert Hurkacz (Poland), 7-6 (4), 6-4. Third-seeded Tecau and Krawietz prevailed in one hour and 29 minutes.

Qualifier Aslan Karatsev continued his stunning run into the Australian Open semi-finals on Tuesday, beating an ailing Grigor Dimitrov 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 to become the first man in the open era to reach the last four in his maiden grand slam.

Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece defended his title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory against Felix Auger-Aliassime in the Open 13 Provence final on Sunday in Marseille, France.

The No. 2 seed broke the seventh-seeded Canadian three times and saved four of five break points in the 86-minute match.