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PARIS - Serbia's Viktor Troicki has got off to a successful start at Roland Garros after beating Evgeny Donskoy 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, 6-0 in the first round on Monday.

Troicki, who won after 140 minutes of play, is now 2-0 head-to-head against the Russian, and will next face the winner of the match between Frenchman Gilles Simon and Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili.

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.

TOKYO - Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic has been knocked out the Tokyo ATP tennis tournament after losing to Croatia's Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (11-9), 7-6 (7-5) in the round of last 16 Thursday.

In a bid to reach the semi-finals, Karlovic will face Frenchman Gael Monfils, who beat compatriot Gilles Simon 6-1, 6-4.

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Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's highest-ranking tennis player, has returned to the 28th spot in the global chart following defeats in the Monte-Carlo Masters tennis tournament.

Last week he lost to Gilles Simon (France), dropping out in the second round, while last year he had made it to the quarterfinals.

The highest ranking Bulgarian male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov suffered a defeat in the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters on Tuesday.

Dimitrov lost to Gilles Simon from France with 4:6, 3:6 in a match which lasted slightly less than one hour and a half.

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov has defeated Serbia's Filip Krajinovic 6-3, 6-2 in the opening round of the Monte Carlo ATP Masters tennis tournament, international sports news outlets reported on Monday.

The top Bulgarian male tennis player will face France's Gilles Simon in the second round on Tuesday morning.

After a successful doubles game in Brisbane, Bulgaria's top male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov scored a tough victory against Gilles Simon (France).

This is his first win over Simon out of five times the two have faced each other.

Dimitrov thus made it into the second round of Brisbane International tournament, by defeating the French player 6:3, 7:6 (10).

BUCHAREST - Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic did not make it through to the quarterfinals of the ATP tournament in Bucharest, after losing to Frenchman Gilles Simon 7-5, 6-4 on Thursday.

The opponents were roughly equal throughout the first set, but Simon broke Tipsarevic in the 11th game and then won the set on his serve.

BUCHAREST - Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic did not make it through to the quarterfinals of the ATP tournament in Bucharest, after losing to Frenchman Gilles Simon 7-5, 6-4 on Thursday.

The opponents were roughly equal throughout the first set, but Simon broke Tipsarevic in the 11th game and then won the set on his serve.