BELGRADE (Reuters) – World number two Novak Djokovic settled an old score with a childhood rival when he beat Slovenian Blaz Kavcic 6-3 6-2 on Friday to reach the Serbia Open semi-finals.

The 23-year old Serb, who will meet compatriot and close friend Janko Tipsarevic on Saturday for a berth in Sunday’s final, showed some nerves in the second set before he stretched his unbeaten run in 2011 to 26 matches.

BELGRADE, April 29 (Reuters) – World number two Novak
Djokovic settled an old score with a childhood rival when he
beat Slovenian Blaz Kavcic 6-3 6-2 on Friday to reach the Serbia
Open semi-finals.

The 23-year old Serb, who will meet compatriot and close
friend Janko Tipsarevic on Saturday for a berth in Sunday’s
final, showed some nerves in the second set before he stretched
his unbeaten run in 2011 to 26 matches.

BELGRADE (Reuters) – World number two Novak Djokovic stretched his unbeaten run this year to 25 matches after reaching the Serbia Open third round with a 6-2 6-3 win over Romanian Adrian Ungur on Wednesday.

The 23-year old Serb, who was given a first-round bye in the tournament organized by his family, looked rusty at times in his first match since he won the Miami Masters on April 3 and dropped serve twice in light drizzle on a windy evening.

BELGRADE, April 27 (Reuters) – World number two Novak
Djokovic stretched his unbeaten run this year to 25 matches
after reaching the Serbia Open third round with a 6-2 6-3 win
over Romanian Adrian Ungur on Wednesday.

The 23-year old Serb, who was given a first-round bye in the
tournament organised by his family, looked rusty at times in his
first match since he won the Miami Masters on April 3 and
dropped serve twice in light drizzle on a windy evening.

BELGRADE (Reuters) – A change of diet has played a major role in Novak Djokovic’s unbeaten run this year, the world number two said Monday after receiving a hero’s welcome from fans in his home town.

The 23-year-old Serb, who has won 24 straight matches to land the Australian Open and Dubai Championship titles and Masters Series events in Miami and Indian Wells, said a doctor who joined his team eight months ago had improved his fitness.

BELGRADE, April 25 (Reuters) – A change of diet has played a
major role in Novak Djokovic’s unbeaten run this year, the world
number two said on Monday after receiving a hero’s welcome from
fans in his home town.

The 23-year-old Serb, who has won 24 straight matches to
land the Australian Open and Dubai Championship titles and
Masters Series events in Miami and Indian Wells, said a doctor
who joined his team eight months ago had improved his fitness.

BELGRADE, April 23 (Reuters) – Serbian champions Partizan
Belgrade took a big step towards a record fourth successive
league title after a superb Prince Tagoe goal gave them a 1-0
home win over city rivals Red Star on Saturday.

Ghana striker Tagoe, who joined Partizan on loan from
Bundesliga side Hoffenheim during the winter break, scored his
third goal in as many games against Red Star to send the league
leaders three points clear of their bitter foes.

BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbian champions and league leaders Partizan Belgrade won 4-1 at Smederevo on Wednesday to stay in pole position ahead of Saturday’s derby with closest rivals Red Star, who beat Sloboda Point Sevojno 5-1 at home.

Belgrade’s bitter foes have 59 points each, with Partizan leading the way on goal difference, while third-placed Vojvodina Novi Sad stayed only three points adrift after coming from behind in a 2-1 home success against struggling Hajduk Kula.

BELGRADE, April 20 (Reuters) – Serbian champions and league
leaders Partizan Belgrade won 4-1 at Smederevo on Wednesday to
stay in pole position ahead of Saturday’s derby with closest
rivals Red Star, who beat Sloboda Point Sevojno 5-1 at home.

Belgrade’s bitter foes have 59 points each, with Partizan
leading the way on goal difference, while third-placed Vojvodina
Novi Sad stayed only three points adrift after coming from
behind in a 2-1 home success against struggling Hajduk Kula.

BELGRADE, April 15 (Reuters) – The Belgrade derby between
Partizan and Red Star will go ahead on April 23 despite an
appeal by the Serbian Orthodox Church to reschedule it for after
the Easter holidays, a senior soccer official said Friday.

“It would have been possible if the two clubs had reached
such an agreement but they haven’t and the tight schedule leaves
no room for a postponement,” Serbian league commissioner
Branislav Delic told Reuters by telephone on Friday.