Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

PARIS - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic is through to the Roland Garros final after defeating Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 following three hours and 13 minutes of play.

Early in the third set, Alcaraz was forced to forfeit a service game due to cramps and his movement remained limited as a result of the injury despite a medical timeout he took after the set.

Djokovic will be No. 1 seed at the third Grand Slam of the season, because the first two players on the ATP ranking list will be absent.
Medvedev will miss the tournament because all Russian and Belarusian representatives have been suspended, and Zverev due to the injury he suffered in the semifinals of Roland Garros.

Belgrade on Monday celebrated the historic success of Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic, when he will have been at the top of the Association of Tennis Professionals list for the longest time ever.

Novak Djokovic's pursuit of a record seventh Miami Open ATP title ended in dramatic fashion on March 26 as Roberto Bautista Agut superbly recovered from a first set destruction to win 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 and book a place in the quarterfinals.

Stan Wawrinka fought back to stun sixth seed Grigor Dimitrov in the Wimbledon first round and claim his biggest victory since having knee surgery.

The Swiss, a three-time Grand Slam champion, has dropped to 224th in the world and lost to Andy Murray in the first round at Eastbourne last week.

But he rallied to beat Dimitrov 1-6 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 on Centre Court.

INDIAN WELLS - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic will be seeded in the opening round of the Indian Wells Masters.

The five-time Indian Wells champion, who is in the US to train and recover from an elbow injury, will face a qualifier in the second round and could play Japanese Kei Nishikori in the third round.

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MELBOURNE - Serbian Viktor Troicki is out of the Australian Open men's singles after losing 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) to Aussie homeboy Nick Kyrgios Wednesday.

Kyrgios won after two hours and 14 minutes of play and will next face Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

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Grigor Dimitrov won a very nervous match against Andrey Rublev and qualified for the 1/8-finals of the Australian Open Tennis Championship. Last year's semi-finalist of the Grand Slam Grand Prix won against the 20-year-old Russian with 6:3, 4:6, 6:4, 6:4 and took a special revenge for the second round of the US Open last season.

ABU DHABI - Serbia's top-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic will not make a return to the tennis court at the Abu Dhabi exhibition tournament due to pain in his right elbow.

Djokovic, who was scheduled to face Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut on Friday, has been sidelined for six months with an elbow injury.

The best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov defeated with 6:4, 6:4 Frenchman Richard Gasquet in a match from the second round of the Masters Series in Paris. Thus, the Bulgarian already has 3 wins in 8 games against the 31-year-old Frenchman, and in their last three clashes the Bulgarian has not lost set against this rival.