Dubai: Janko to Meet Novak in QFs
No. 7 seed Janko overturned a one-set deficit to defeat Italy’s Flavio Cipolla 6-7(2), 6-1, 6-1 Wednesday, setting up a quarterfinal clash with Novak Djokovic at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The match lasted two hours and 16 minutes.
Cipolla presented problems for Janko only in the first set as the Italian took the first-set tie-break 7-2. The second and third sets were one-way traffic as Tipsy broke his opponent’s serve five times from 14 opportunities and didn’t face a break point winning 28 of his 36 service points. read more…
No. 7 seed Janko advanced easily into the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Russia’s Igor Kunitsyn. The match lasted 69 minutes. It was his fourth win in six meetings against the Russian. 
The draw for the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships has been released and Janko, the No. 7 seed, will play Igor Kunitsyn of Russia in the first round. In official competition they have played five times before and Jankela leads the series 3-2. This match will be played on Tuesday. 
No. 3 seed Janko was denied entry to the singles final at the Open 13 on Saturday as he was defeated by Frenchman Michael Llodra 6-4, 7-6(10) in one hour and 40 minutes. Jankela is now 3-1 versus Llodra.
Janko is through to his second semifinal of 2012 after he defeated No. 7 seed Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-4 in the Open 13 quarterfinals on Friday. The match lasted one hour and 30 minutes.
Thursday, 23 February 2012
No. 3 seed Janko made a strong start to his Open 13 campaign on Wednesday, cruising past qualifier David Goffin of Belgium 6-4, 6-2 in 89 minutes in his opening second-round match.
World No. 9 Janko Tipsarevic recorded his 31st Davis Cup singles win for Serbia in beating Sweden’s Michael Ryderstedt 6-2, 7-6(5), 7-5 in two hours and 20 minutes. It gives the 2010 champion a quarter-final tie against Czech Republic.
Janko and his doubles partner Nenads Zimonjic lost the doubles rubber on Saturday to hand Sweden a chance of advancing to the Davis Cup quarterfinals. 
Viktor Troicki put Serbia ahead of Sweden 2-0 following his 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 win against Michael Ryderstedt in just over two and a half hours. Troicki won 87 per cent of his first serve points, firing 23 aces.
