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Nadal Aims For 13th French Title; Serena Seeking 24th Grand Slam Crown

2020-10-20T22:54:39Z

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Second-seeded Rafael Nadal will begin pursuit of his 13th French Open title when he faces Egor Gerasimov of Belarus in the first round of the clay-court event. Play begins Sunday and the men's draw was revealed Thursday with Nadal seeded behind Novak Djokovic. Nadal holds the record for most French Open titles and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] has 19 Grand Slam titles, one behind injured Roger Federer's 20. Djokovic, from Serbia, opens against Sweden's Mikael Ymer in their first career meeting. Djokovic has won the French Open just once, in 2016 when he defeated Brit Andy Murray. U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem will start against Croatia's Marin Cilic. Thiem, the No. 3 seed from Austria, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] has lost the past two French Open finals to Nadal. Germany's Alexander Zverev, who lost the five-set U.S. Open final to Thiem, opens with Austria's Dennis Novak. Zverev is seeded sixth. An intriguing first-round matchup is the clash between Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka and Murray. Wawrinka, seeded 16th, defeated Djokovic to win the 2015 French Open, and defeated Murray in the 2017 semis before falling to Nadal in the title match. Murray continues to make strides after enduring major hip surgery and fearing his career was over. In the women's draw, Serena Williams opens with fellow American Kristie Ahn as she again tries to match Margaret Court's record of 24 Grand [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] Slam titles. Williams, who is seeded sixth, has won the French Open three times, most recently in 2015. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus is in the same bracket as Williams. Azarenka recently defeated Williams in the U.S. Open semifinals. Azarenka, seeded 10th, opens with a match against Danka Kovinic of Montenegro. Top-seeded Simona Halep faces Spain's Sara [http://search.huffingtonpost.com/search?q=Sorribes%20Tormo&s_it=header_form_v1 Sorribes Tormo] in her first match. Fourth-seeded Sofia Kenin of the United States opens with Russia's Liudmila Samsonova. U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka of Japan is among four women ranked in the Top 10 that have pulled out. Osaka is ranked No. 3. The others are World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty of Australia, No. 7 Bianca Andreescu of Canada and No. 10 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland. The draw was carried out electronically due to coronavirus protocols. The French Open was initially scheduled to be held from May 24-June 7 before being pushed back due to the pandemic. The tournament is slated to end on Oct. 11. --Field Level Media

Serbia apos;s Vucic Plays Down Hopes For Quick Political Deal With Kosovo

2020-10-16T18:58:41Z

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By Ivana Sekularac BELGRADE, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic played down hopes on Tuesday that a U.S.-mediated agreement on economic cooperation with Kosovo could lead soon to a political deal with the former province. Political normalisation with Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008 nearly a decade after it was protected by NATO in a bombing campaign, is a pre-condition for Serbia's entry into the EU. Serbia and Kosovo agreed to take steps towards economic cooperation, including working on joint infrastructure projects, in agreements signed at the White House this month, which U.S. President Donald Trump called a "breakthrough". In his first interview with a Western news organisation since his trip to Washington, Vucic described the agreements as a big step in the right direction, but a long way from political normalisation. "I think such agreements are very important in order to preserve peace and that once and for all we resolve our problems to have clear future for our children," Vucic told Reuters. "I am not saying that we are close to a political solution," Vucic said, though he described economic cooperation as "key" for any future political deals. On Tuesday, a U.S. delegation headed by Trump's special envoy for talks between Serbia and Kosovo, Richard Grenell, arrived in Serbia to discuss possibility of financing projects. The delegation visited Kosovo on Monday. 'ARGUMENTS WITH EVERYONE EQUALLY' Vucic, a former ultra-nationalist who pivoted towards a [http://www.recruitingblogs.com/main/search/search?q=pro-European%20stance pro-European stance] in 2008, is determined to bring his country into the EU, which requires some form of accommodation with Kosovo. Serbia and its ally Russia reject Kosovo's declaration of independence. EU-mediated normalisation [http://www.speakingtree.in/search/negotiations%20broke negotiations broke] down in 2018 but resumed in July after Kosovo lifted import tariffs on Serbian goods. In his interview, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] Vucic described a future for his country that would involve balancing ties with East and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] West, even if this meant occasionally angering both sides. "If you live in a small country which is geographically at the crossroads, then your policy should be maintain peace and stability, either by not having arguments with anyone, which is impossible, or having arguments with everyone equally," he said. "Serbia is on its European path, but Serbia has to live, and has friends in the U.S. but it also has friends and it is not ashamed of them in Moscow and in Beijing." Serbia accepted highly publicised offers of aid from China in fighting the coronavirus this year, annoying some European countries who saw the gesture as politicised. More recently, Vucic risked friction with the Kremlin by steering clear of joint military exercises in Belarus, refusing to be drawn into a show of support for embattled leader Alexander Lukashenko, a Russian ally. "Sometimes we have to protect our military neutrality by being all alone," Vucic said. Vucic said he hoped Trump would visit Serbia. His delegation was warmly met in the United States, long the main supporter of Kosovo's independence, and the trip irked Moscow. Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman compared Vucic's White House visit to an explicit film scene, prompting Vucic to accuse Moscow of stooping to "primitivism and vulgarity". In Washington, both Kosovo and Serbia also agreed to move their embassies in Israel to Jerusalem, a Trump administration priority. Vucic said Serbia's chamber of commerce would open in Jerusalem first, with the embassy move to follow. (Reporting by Ivana Sekularac Editing by Peter Graff)

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