Stuttgart: Germany came from behind to beat Serbia 3-2 in their Fed Cup playoff Sunday and qualify for next season's top-tier World group competition.
Sabine Lisicki and Anna-Lena Groenefeld clinched the best-of-five series by winning the decisive doubles 6-2, 6-4 against Vesna Dolonc and Aleksandra Krunic.
Mona Barthel began the comeback by defeating Bojana Jovanovski to pull Germany level at 2-2.
Barthel had to win to keep Germany in the best-of-five series after Ana Ivanovic had given Serbia a 2-1 lead by beating Angelique Kerber 7-5, 7-5....
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12:54 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Serbia and Canada both won marathon doubles matches on Saturday to seize control of their Davis Cup quarter-finals in North America. Both matches were decided in the 28th game of the fifth and final set as Serbia grabbed a 2-1 lead over the United States in Idaho and Canada led Italy by the same score in Vancouver. Argentina won their doubles rubber against France in Buenos Aires to snatch a...
10:19 AM, Apr 07, 2013
Idaho: The United States trail Serbia 2-1 in their Davis Cup quarter-final after the top-ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan lost to Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1), 5-7, 4-6, 15-13 on Saturday in a match that stretched to 4 hours and 23 minutes. Zimonjic served three aces in the final game, closing out the victory with an ace on the second match point....
08:28 AM, Apr 07, 2013
Croatia beat Serbia 2-0 whereas Germany, playing without any recognised strikers, triumphed 3-0 in Kazakhstan. ...
05:33 AM, Mar 23, 2013
The Serbians have nothing to lose when they visit bitter Balkan rivals Croatia in a World Cup Group A qualifier on March 22 and raucous fan support can only put pressure on the home side, Serbia right back Branislav Ivanovic said. ...
06:17 PM, Mar 14, 2013
Daniela Hantuchova defeated Vesna Dolonc 6-3, 6-2 to secure a 3-1 victory for Slovakia over Serbia. ...
09:09 PM, Feb 10, 2013
Djokovic beat Murray 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2 to become the first man in the Open era to win three consecutive Aus Open titles. ...
06:04 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Djokovic bids for an unprecedented third straight Australian Open title, with Murray and Federer shaping as his biggest challenges. ...
01:48 PM, Jan 13, 2013
The Serbia Open, founded and organised by the family of Djokovic, has been scrapped after four years. ...
09:27 AM, Jan 05, 2013
Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic led Serbia into the Hopman Cup final, winning their singles matches on Friday over Germany. ...
09:21 PM, Jan 04, 2013
UEFA will launch an appeal against all the sanctions imposed by their independent disciplinary on Serbia and England. ...
06:10 PM, Dec 26, 2012
Though the Mayans never really predicted that the world would end on Friday, some New Agers are convinced that humanity's demise is indeed imminent. Or at least that it's a good excuse for a party. ...
03:27 AM, Dec 21, 2012
Prague: Lucie Safarova will open the Fed Cup final for the defending champion Czech Republic against Ana Ivanovic of Serbia. The 17th -ranked Safarova is 3-2 against the 12th-ranked Ivanovic, who is former No. 1. "It would be great to start with a lead," Safarova said at the draw ceremony at Prague City Hall. "That's what I'm going to try and I'm looking forward to." Eighth-ranked Petra Kvitova, who led...
07:42 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Paris: Serbia could face tough sanctions from UEFA's disciplinary committee after racism again marred a football game in the country last week, president Michel Platini said on Tuesday. England Under-21 defender Danny Rose complained after a Euro qualifier in Serbia last week that he had been racially abused and the British government demanded serious punishment against Serbia. "Over a year ago we gave Croatia and Serbia a serious yellow card,...
10:25 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Belgrade: The Serbian Football Association (FSS) has denied allegations by England of racist abuse during an Under-21 qualifier which ended in a brawl on Tuesday. "The FA of Serbia absolutely refuses and denies that there were any occurrences of racism before and during the match at the stadium in Krusevac," the FSS said on its website (www.fss.rs). "Making connection between the seen incident - a fight between members of the...
08:29 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Belgrade: England players and officials were attacked by their Serbian opponents and racially abused by home fans moments after a 1-0 win over Serbia in a European Under-21 playoff on Tuesday. England, leading 1-0 from the first leg, scored with the last kick of the second leg in Krusevac in southern Serbia to secure a 2-0 aggregate victory. They were then pelted by missiles as they celebrated their winning goal...
09:57 AM, Oct 17, 2012
Glasgow: Scotland and Serbia opened their bids to qualify for the 2014 World Cup with a 0-0 draw at Hampden Park on Saturday. The Scots created enough scoring chances but stubborn defending by Serbia and a lack of finishing kept the Group A game deadlocked. Robert Snodgrass was denied from close range by a save from Vladimir Stojkovic at the near post, while Steven Naismith sent a header wide at...
11:22 PM, Sep 08, 2012
New York: Defending champion Novak Djokovic said he feels "physically stronger and better prepared" than ever going into the US Open, which begins on Monday. The world number two, who lost the top spot and his Wimbledon title when he was beaten by Roger Federer in the semi-finals last month, has won the last three hard-court grand slam events. The 25-year-old bounced back from missing out on an Olympic medal...
06:20 PM, Aug 26, 2012
Ohio: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, the top two players in the world, set up a showdown for the Cincinnati Masters title after cruising to semi-finals victories on Saturday. The gap between the leading four, which also contains Rafa Nadal and Andy Murray, and the chasing pack was again evident as Djokovic beat Argentine Juan Martin del Potro 6-3 6-2 before Federer saw off fellow Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6 6-3....
09:06 AM, Aug 19, 2012
