The two veterans led an unforgiving fight in which the 37-year-old Zagreb native failed to triumph

Franko Škugor missed out on bringing Croatia to a sensational victory over Spain and making it into the Davis Cup quarterfinals, but what he demonstrated this past weekend against Pablo Carrena Busta and in the narrow defeat by Roberto Bautista Agut, the 29-year-old Šibenik native rightfully hopes he will play more of such matches in the future and make it to the best one hundred players of the world

Croatia was considered the underdog in this duel

American Abigail Spears and Columbian Juan Sebastian Cabal became on Sunday the winners of the mixed doubles event at the Australian Open after defeating in the finals the Indian-Croatian pair Sania Mirza-Ivan Dodig 6-2, 6-3 in 63 minutes

For Dodig and Mirza this will be their second final at a Grand Slam tournament, having played in the final of Roland Garros last year, when they lost to Swiss Martina Hingis and Indian Leander Paes.

Lučić-Baroni beat Pliskova 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open

After she secured a quarter finals position in women’s singles on Sunday, Croatian tennis player Mirjana Lučić-Baroni repeated the same success on Monday in singles, winning 6-4, 6-2 against 21-year-old American Jennifer Brady

Croatian tennis player Mirjana Lučić-Baroni made it for the first time to the fourth round at the Australian Open, after defeating Greek Maria Sakkari with 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, while Ivo Karlović was stopped by the 11th ranked Belgian David Goffin with 6-3, 6-2, 6-4

Ana Konjuh didn’t make it to the 3rd round of the Australian Open in Melbourne, defeated by Australian Darija Gavrilova with 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 after two hours and three minutes of play

An unexpected loss for Čilić who only has himself to blame