Monte-Carlo Masters

BELGRADE - Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic began his 421st week at the top of the ATP rankings on Monday.

According to the ATP website, Djokovic currently has 10,035 points - 310 more than last week, despite a 4-6,6-1, 4-6 defeat to Norwegian Casper Ruud in the Monte Carlo Masters semi-finals at the weekend.

MONTE CARLO - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic defeated Australian Alex de Minaur 7-5, 6-4 on Friday to advance to the semi-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters tournament.

Djokovic, who won after two hours and five minutes of play, will on Saturday face the winner of the tie between Ugo Humbert of France and Casper Ruud of Norway.

Two-time champion Stefanos Tsitsipas eased into the Monte Carlo Masters semifinals on Friday with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Karen Khachanov.

The 12th-ranked Greek player dropped only five points on his first serve and hit 20 winners.

He will next face either Jannik Sinner or Holger Rune for a spot in the final at the clay-court event.

MONTE CARLO - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis, is out of the Monte Carlo Masters after a surprise 6-4, 5-7, 4-6 defeat to Italian Lorenzo Musetti on Thursday evening.

Musetti won after two hours and 56 minutes of play.

The match was interrupted by a one-hour rain delay.

The No.1 seed won in straight sets

In the grand finale at the Ken Rosewall Arena, our team beat the Davis Cup champions Spain 2-1.
Serbia had won over South Africa (3-0), France (2-1) and Chile (2-1) on their way to the group stage finals in Brisbane, beat Canada (3-0) in the quarterfinals in Sydney, finally in the semifinals Russia, also 3-0.

Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece celebrates winning his first round match against Canada's Denis Shapovalov at the Monte-Carlo Masters tournament in Roquebrune Cap Martin, France, on Monday. [Eric Gaillard/Reuters]

MONTE CARLO - The Serbian duo of Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki has been knocked out of the men's doubles of the Monte Carlo ATP tennis tournament after losing 6-3, 6-4 to the first seeds, the Finnish-Australian pairing of Henri Kontinen and John Pearce, in the second round on Wednesday.

MONTE CARLO - Serbia's Novak Djokovic beat Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 on Tuesday to advance to the third round of the Monte Carlo ATP Masters tennis tournament.

Djokovic, who came from behind to win the match after being on the verge of defeat in the third set, will next face the winner of the tie between Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain and Karen Khachanov of Russia.

MONTE CARLO - The Serbian duo of Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki has got off to a successful start in the men's doubles event of the Monte Carlo ATP tennis tournament after beating the Luxembourgish-French pairing of Gilles Muller and Gilles Simon 7-5, 6-3 in the opening round on Monday.