Djokovic eases into Belgrade semis

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05/08/2009 - Belgrade, Serbia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Serbian hero Novak Djokovic was an easy quarterfinal winner Friday at the inaugural clay-court Serbia Open.

The top-seeded Djokovic drilled fifth-seeded fellow Belgrade native Viktor Troicki 6-3, 6-2 in 1 hour, 9 minutes at this French Open tune-up. The world No. 3 Djokovic was last week's Italian Masters runner-up to clay- court stalwart Rafael Nadal.

The former Australian Open champion and former U.S. Open runner-up Djokovic will face fourth-seeded Italian Andreas Seppi in Saturday's semifinals, as Seppi handled Brazilian Marcos Daniel 6-4, 7-5 on Day 5 here.

The other semifinal will pit second-seeded Croat Ivo Karlovic against unheralded Pole Lukasz Kubot, as the 6-foot-10 Karlovic whipped Italian qualifier Flavio Cipolla 6-3, 6-3 and the lucky-loser Kubot doused Belgian Kristof Vliegen 7-6 (8-6), 6-3.

This week's titlist will pocket $100,000.

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