Serbian pairing Nenad Zimonjic and Viktor Troicki lifted the Garanti Koza Sofia Open doubles title on Sunday with a 6-4, 6-4 triumph over Mikhail Elgin and Andrey Kuznetsov. The straight-sets victory lands the Serbians their maiden trophy together and a 54th tour-level doubles title for former doubles World No. 1 Zimonjic. The 40-year-old Zimonjic last clinched a trophy at the Swiss Indoors Basel in 2014 playing alongside Vasek Pospisil and was relieved to become a champion once again. "It’s been a really long time. I had a couple of finals in 2015 but 2016 was a really tough year for me without a steady partner and some injuries. This is great to be back in a final of an ATP World...
SERBIA 3, RUSSIA 0 Venue: Cair Sports Center, Nis, Serbia (Indoor Hard) Viktor Troicki was the hero in Serbia's title-clinching run in 2010 and the 30 year old is once again thriving in Davis Cup play. The Serbians are back in the quarter-finals for the third straight year after Troicki and former doubles No. 1 Nenad Zimonjic defeated Russians Konstantin Kravchuk and Andrey Kuznetsov 6-3, 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 6-4. The win also gives Zimonjic his first victory as Davis Cup captain. The home nation converted eight of 18 break chances during the three-hour and nine-minute encounter. Troicki is the marathon man of the tie after overcoming #NextGenATP star Karen Khachanov in a fifth-set tie-break on Friday afternoon in Nis. Also led...
Two-time defending champion Viktor Troicki assesses what went wrong on Friday in his loss to Gilles Muller in the Apia International Sydney semi-finals. Video Courtesy Tennis Australia.
Watch highlights as third seed Viktor Troicki beats Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals in Sydney on Thursday. Photo: Getty Images. Video courtesy Tennis Australia.
Viktor Troicki wed his girlfriend Aleksandra Djordjevic last week in Belgrade, with Novak Djokovic and wife Jelena, Janko Tipsarevic and Nenad Zimonjic among those in attendance. Troicki and Djordjevic, wearing a dress made by Tipsarevic’s wife Biljana, exchanged their vows on 27 November in an Orthodox wedding at the St. Aleksandar Nevski Church and continued the celebration with a reception at the Crowne Plaza Belgrade. Serbians Dusan Lajovic, Filip Krajinovic, Dusan Vemic and national team coach Bogdan Obradovic also took part in the festivities. The 30-year-old Troicki enjoyed another strong season in 2016, finishing inside the Top 30 of the Emirates ATP Rankings. He will begin his 2017 campaign in Australia, and is the two-time defending champion at the Apia...