Croatian tennis player Donna Vekić moved on to the second round of the Australian Open after defeating on Tuesday with 7-5, 6-3 Aussie Lizette Cabrera

For the third time in his career, Karlović came back from 0-2 in sets, while Ivan Dodig ended his performance in the first round, losing to Uzbek Denis Istomin with 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5

“I knew it would be difficult as Jerzy Janowicz is a player with a great serve and plays quite aggressively,” said the premier Croatian tennis player Marin Čilić after defeating the Polish tennis player 4-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3, coming back from 0-2 in sets

The best Croatian tennis player Marin Čilić, 7th seeded in the Australian Open, will play in the first round of the premiere Grand Slam tournament in 2017 against Pole Jerzy Janowicz (268th in ATP), while the best female tennis player Ana Konjuh (36th in WTA) will compete against French Kristina Mladenović (45th in WTA)

Croatia tennis player Jana Fett made it for the first time in her career to a WTA tournament semi-finals. She defeated in quarterfinals Paraguayan Veronica Cepede Royg 6:1, 6:4

She secured her premiere second round of a WTA tournament

American Lauren Davis, ranked 61st, is the winner of the WTA tournament in Auckland, where she defeated the best Croatian female tennis player Ana Konjuh with 6-3, 6-1 and made it to her first WTA title, leaving the 19-year-old Dubrovnik native with her only trophy from Nottingham in 2015

Croats can be disappointed for falling short of gaining this title for the second time in history, but they must stay proud of reaching the finals

With the score even, the fifth match becomes the decisive one

The Croatian team took the lead 2-1 in Zagreb against Argentina after the pair Marin Čilić-Ivan Dodig outplayed the opponent combination Juan Martin Del Potro/Leonardo Mayer with 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 6-3 in two hours and 42 minutes of play