BELGRADE (Reuters) – Some 100,000 Serbian tennis fans gave Novak Djokovic a royal reception in central Belgrade on Monday after the 24-year-old arrived home to celebrate winning his first Wimbledon title.

Djokovic, who leapt to the top of the ATP rankings in the process, was greeted by a deafening roar as he arrived in an open-top bus which took hours to reach the Serbian parliament square from the airport.

BELGRADE, July 4 (Reuters) – Some 100,000 Serbian tennis
fans gave Novak Djokovic a royal reception in central Belgrade
on Monday after the 24-year-old arrived home to celebrate
winning his first Wimbledon title.

Djokovic, who leapt to the top of the ATP rankings in the
process, was greeted by a deafening roar as he arrived in an
open-top bus which took hours to reach the Serbian parliament
square from the airport.

BELGRADE, July 3 (Reuters) – Central Belgrade
erupted with joy as tennis
fans paraded in the city’s Republic Square following Serb Novak
Djokovic’s four-set win over over Rafa Nadal in the Wimbledon
final on Sunday.

The streets of Serbia’s capital were virtually deserted on a
gloriously sunny afternoon during the epic battle between the
world’s top two players as fans packed bars and beer gardens to
watch the match on giant screens.

LONDON (Reuters) – BELGRADE, July 3 (Reuters) – Central Belgrade with joy as tennis fans paraded in the city’s Republic Square following Serb Novak Djokovic’s four-set win over over Rafa Nadal in the Wimbledon final on Sunday.

The streets of Serbia’s capital were virtually deserted on a gloriously sunny afternoon during the epic battle between the world’s top two players as fans packed bars and beer gardens to watch the match on giant screens.

BELGRADE (Reuters) – New world number one Novak Djokovic has what it takes to hold on at the top of the rankings for a long time and will head into the Wimbledon final under no pressure to win it, Serbia’s Davis Cup coach Bogdan Obradovic said.

Djokovic will face current number one and defending champion Rafa Nadal in Sunday’s final after beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 6-2 6-7 6-3 in a pulsating semi-final.

BELGRADE, July 1 (Reuters) – New world number one Novak
Djokovic has what it takes to hold on at the top of the rankings
for a long time and will head into the Wimbledon final under no
pressure to win it, Serbia’s Davis Cup coach Bogdan Obradovic
said.

Djokovic will face current number one and defending champion
Rafa Nadal in Sunday’s final after beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
7-6 6-2 6-7 6-3 in a pulsating semi-final.

BELGRADE, June 3 (Reuters) – Serbian Cup winners Partizan
Belgrade and finalists Vojvodina Novi Sad were punished with
six-month bans for several players and officials after this
month’s final was abandoned, the country’s FA said.

Partizan have been awarded a 3-0 walkover after Vojvodina
left the field with 10 minutes remaining of the May 11 final in
protest at what they saw as controversial refereeing decisions,
the Serbian FA announced on its official website on Friday.

BELGRADE (Reuters) – Known for a free-flowing production line of talent, the Netherlands showed off the potential national heroes of the future when they won their first under-17 European Championship title at the weekend.

They beat Germany 5-2 Sunday in the highest-scoring final at this level, having kept six clean sheets in a row to get there.

BELGRADE, May 18 (Reuters) – Known for a free-flowing
production line of talent, the Netherlands showed off the
potential national heroes of the future when they won their
first under-17 European Championship title at the weekend.

They beat Germany 5-2 on Sunday in the highest-scoring final
at this level, having kept six clean sheets in a row to get
there.

NOVI SAD, Serbia (Reuters) – Netherlands won their first Under-17 European Championship after two goals by striker Tonny Trindade de Vilhena helped them to a 5-2 win over Germany in an entertaining final on Sunday.

The Dutch, who also beat Germany 2-0 in the group stage, twice came from behind in their third final at this level to avenge a 2-1 defeat by the Germans in the 2009 showpiece.