Laslo Djere

Djere defeated in Wimbledon first round

LONDON - Serbian tennis player Laslo Djere has suffered an early exit from Wimbledon after losing 3-6, 7-6(7-4), 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 to Frenchman Lucas Pouille in the first round on Wednesday.

Pouille won after a total of two hours and 53 minutes of play.

The encounter began on Tuesday but was interrupted by a rain delay, with the score tied 1-1 in sets.

Danilovic gets off to successful start at Roland Garros

PARIS - Serbian tennis player Olga Danilovic has got off to a successful start at Roland Garros by defeating Italian Martina Trevisan 6-1, 6-2 in the first round on Sunday.

Danilovic, who is a qualifier, will next face the winner of the all-American tie between Danielle Collins and Caroline Dolehide.

Djokovic to face Frenchman Herbert in Roland Garros first round

PARIS - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, was on Thursday drawn to play Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the first round of the Roland Garros tournament.

World number 143 Herbert suffered a defeat in his only encounter with Djokovic to date at the 2013 Paris Masters.

Djokovic, Sinner cannot clash in Monte Carlo before final

MONTE CARLO - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, was on Friday drawn to face the winner of the tie between Roman Safiulin and a qualifier in the Monte Carlo Masters second round and could play Carlos Alcaraz in the potential semi-finals and Jannik Sinner or Daniil Medvedev in the potential final.

Lajovic defeats Djere to advance to Rio de Janeiro quarters

RIO DE JANEIRO - Serbian tennis player Dusan Lajovic is through to the quarter-finals of the Rio de Janeiro ATP tournament after a 6-2, 7-5 victory over compatriot Laslo Djere.

World number 58 Lajovic, who won after an hour and 50 minutes of play, is now 3-2 head-to-head against Djere, who is 35th in the ATP rankings.

Serbia out of Davis Cup after shock defeat to Slovakia

KRALJEVO - Serbia are out of the tennis Davis Cup after a shock 4-0 defeat to Slovakia in a qualifier for the competition's group stage, played in Kraljevo, central Serbia, at the weekend.

On Friday, Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic lost (7-6 (7-2) 6-2) to Lukas Klein and Dusan Lajovic was defeated 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 by Alex Molcan.

Serbia's Krunic, Djere and Lajovic crash out of Australian Open

MELBOURNE - Serbians Aleksandra Krunic, Laslo Djere and Dusan Lajovic are all out of the Australian Open after first round singles defeats on Tuesday.

Krunic lost 6-4, 6-1 to Frenchwoman Clara Burel, who won after 68 minutes of play.

In a five-set thriller, Djere was defeated 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 by Frenchman Arthur Cazaux after three hours and 28 minutes of play.

Serbia Davis Cup team trains in Malaga ahead of match vs Great Britain

MALAGA - The Serbia Davis Cup team completed a training session in Malaga ahead of Thursday's tie against Great Britain in the Davis Cup Finals quarter-finals.

The training session was led by head coach Viktor Troicki and Janko Tipsarevic, a recent addition to the coaching staff.

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