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Australian Open: Janko Beats Wildcard in 2nd Rd

Janko advanced to the Australian Open third round after defeating Australian wildcard James Duckworth in four sets, 3-6 6-2 7-6(5) 6-4, on Thursday.

Reported by australianopen.com

Aussie teenager James Duckworth stepped on to a packed Margaret Court Arena this afternoon – a day before his 20th birthday – with absolutely nothing to lose. A wildcard entrant into this year’s Australian Open, he had already racked up just his second ever tour-level victory in the first round. His opponent on Thursday, ninth-seeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic, arrived in Melbourne in career-best form, having cracked the top 10 for the first time in 2011, and reaching the final in Chennai just a fortnight ago. read more…

Janko Advances to Australian Open 2nd Round

Janko booked his place in the second round of the Australian Open with a 5-7, 7-6(12), 6-3, 6-4 win over Russia’s Dmitry Tursunov on Tuesday. Janko’s win means that he now leads the head-to-head with the Russian 3-2.

An extremely close first set between the two ended with Tursunov taking it 7-5 in 47 minutes. The tight battle continued as both players dropped serve once on the way to the 26-point second set tie-break, which Tipsy prevailed 14-12, levelling the match at one set a piece. From that point on, Janko began to dominate Tursunov and needed one break in the third set and one break in the fourth to close out the match after three hours and 43 minutes. read more…

Australian Open Draw Released

The draw for the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open, has been released and Janko is the No. 9 seed. In the first round to be played on Monday or Tuesday, he will play Dmitry Tursunov of Russia. The two have played four times before and they are tied at 2-2.

The first seeded player Tispy could face is the No. 17 seed Richard Gasquet in the third round. If he wins, he may face No. 5 seed David Ferrer. read more…

Chennai: Janko Wins First Doubles Title

Janko made up for the defeat in the singles final earlier in the day by winning his maiden ATP World Tour doubles title at the Aircel Chennai Open on Sunday. He and his doubles partner, Leander Paes, beat No. 4 seeds Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram of Israel in the final, 6-4, 6-4.

“I know how difficult it is mentally to play two finals on the same day,” said Paes. “The way he [Janko] prepared for both the finals, it was impeccable. He epitomises what an athlete should be.” read more…

Janko Loses in Chennai Final

Top seed Janko lost to Milos Raonic of Canada 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 7-6(4) in the final of the Aircel Chennai Open on Sunday and dropped to a 2-6 record in singles finals. The match lasted three hours and 14 minutes.

Reported by ATP

Tipsarevic came under pressure at 1-2, when he saved four break points, but didn’t suffer any problems thereafter. Raonic dropped just three points on serve and hit 10 aces in his first six service games en route to the tie-break. Tipsarevic took a 5-3 lead in the tie-break, which proved decisive to clinch the 61-minute set. Raonic had dropped four points on serve overall. read more…