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Novak Djokovic fights to build fitness at Serbia Open - but can he peak for French Open again?

If spending time on court was Novak Djokovic’s primary aim at the Serbia Open then the tournament could not have gone much better. Djokovic was pushed to three sets in all four of his matches in Belgrade and had over 10 hours of competitive action to hone his game and improve his fitness. He didn’t finish up with silverware after losing to second seed Andrey Rublev in the final, but spoke afterwards about “looking at the positives”.

Novak Djokovic accused of being 'especially inappropriate' over Wimbledon ban stance

Novak Djokovic has been slammed for his comments on Wimbledon's ban of Russian and Belarusian athletes. The world No 1 condemned the move to bar players from the two nations and has now been told his stance is "especially inappropriate" by a top Russian chess player.

Key Hull City figure responds to transfer claims regarding Red Star Belgrade player

Hull City manager Shota Arveladze has shut down claims that the Tigers have had a multi-million euro offer rejected for young Red Star Belgrade defender Strahinja Erakovic.

Novak Djokovic issues apology to fans after losing Serbia Open final to Andrey Rublev

Novak Djokovic apologised to his fans for his performance in the 6-0 final set after losing the Serbia Open final to Andrey Rublev. The world No 1 was playing at home in Belgrade and made it all the way to the final where he fought back to win the second but pinned the one-sided final set score to recent illness and admitted he didn't want to have to retire the match.

Alcaraz youngest entrant into ATP top 10 since Nadal

Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz, aged 18, on Monday became the youngest player to enter the top 10 of the ATP world rankings since his compatriot Rafael Nadal did so at the same age in 2005.

Carlos Alcaraz youngest entrant into ATP top 10 since Rafael Nadal

Carlos Alcaraz, aged 18, on Monday became the youngest player to enter the top 10 of the ATP world rankings since his compatriot Rafael Nadal did so at the same age in 2005. Alcaraz climbed two places to ninth in the world due to his straight-sets victory over Pablo Carreno Busta in the Barcelona Open final on Sunday. Britain's Cameron Norrie drops out of the top 10 to number 11.

Teenager Alcaraz the youngest entrant into ATP top 10 since Nadal

Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz, aged 18, on Monday became the youngest player to enter the top 10 of the ATP world rankings since his compatriot Rafael Nadal did so at the same age in 2005.

Novak Djokovic blames ‘illness’ and apologises to crowd for final-set bagel in Serbia Open final loss to Andrey Rublev

World No.1 Novak Djokovic apologised to his home crowd and blamed a recent “illness” after losing the Serbia Open final when getting ‘bageled’ by Andrey Rublev in the decider. Djokovic was playing just his third ATP tournament of the season as he continues his clay-court preparations ahead of next month’s French Open. Ad/> The Serbian, who lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in his opening match at Monte Carlo the previous week, beat Laslo Djere, Miomir Kecmanovic and Karen Khachanov en route to reaching the final in Belgrade.

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Novak Djokovic fights to build fitness at Serbia Open - but can he peak for French Open again?

Novak Djokovic accused of being 'especially inappropriate' over Wimbledon ban stance

Key Hull City figure responds to transfer claims regarding Red Star Belgrade player

Novak Djokovic issues apology to fans after losing Serbia Open final to Andrey Rublev

Alcaraz youngest entrant into ATP top 10 since Nadal

Carlos Alcaraz youngest entrant into ATP top 10 since Rafael Nadal

Teenager Alcaraz the youngest entrant into ATP top 10 since Nadal

Novak Djokovic blames ‘illness’ and apologises to crowd for final-set bagel in Serbia Open final loss to Andrey Rublev