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US Open: Novak Beats Janko In QFs

No. 20 seed Janko was knocked out of the US Open on Thursday after retiring in a quarterfinal match against fellow Serbian and top seed Novak Djokovic. Djokovic was leading 7-6, 6-7, 6-0, 3-0 when Jankela retired after three and a half hours of play as he was unable to continue to complete the match.

Djokovic-Janko Match Stats

1st serve percentage (65-66), aces (8-10), double faults (2-5), winning % on 1st serve (65-65), winning % on 2nd serve (50-22), winners (36-40), break point conversions (8 of 13 – 4 of 13), total points won (129-105)

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US Open 4th RD Interview

Q. You’re one of the few players wearing sunglasses. Is that for vision correction or a fashion statement?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Vision correction.

Q. Have you been watching that tiebreaker? They’re tiring themselves out for the next match they’re gonna have to play.

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: You mean this one?

Q. Yeah.

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Well, I’m not gonna try and play like Dolgopolov. I don’t think even he knows what’s gonna happen the next point. (Laughter.) I mean, it’s understandable. Alexandr is playing really good he’s a new opponent for Novak. He’s not an everyday opponent, you know. He never played Novak before and it’s windy out there, and, you know, it’s understandable that he’s causing trouble for Novak. But I’m gonna, no matter what happens here, I’m gonna try to play my game a little bit more aggressive than I did today, because I cannot rely on my serve that much against Novak because he’s, I think, the best return player out there. Just hope and go for the win. read more…

US Open: Janko Reaches First Grand Slam QF

Janko beat former US Open runner-up Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-2 in the fourth round on Monday to reach his first-ever Grand Slam quarter-final.

Reported by usopen.org

Tipsarevic’s serve was humming early as he fired an ace to go up 2-1 in the first set. It was an extremely even set, as the 20th seed finally broke to avoid a tiebreaker and take it 7-5. Both players double-faulted twice, and each committed an identical 12 unforced errors. Tipsarevic held the slight advantage in winners, 10-9, and total points won, 43-37. read more…

US Open: Janko Reaches Last 16

No. 20 seed Janko is through to the fourth round of the US Open, which is his career best result at Flushing Meadows, surpassing his previous best result of a third-round showing last year.

In Saturday’s third-round action, Jankela was leading No. 9 seed Tomas Berdych 6-4, 5-0 when the Czech retired due to the troublesome shoulder injury. Berdych received treatment on his right arm at the end of the first set and the injury then visibly affected his serving. read more…

US Open: Janko Sets Berdych Clash

No. 20 seed Janko is through to the third round of the US Open after he defeated Germany’s Philipp Petzschner 6-0, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 on Thursday. The match lasted two hours and 13 minutes.

Jankela won the first set 6-0 in 22 minutes. His momentum continued into the second set when he broke his opponent’s serve once to take the set 6-3 to go 2 sets to love up.

In the third set, however, Petzschner grabbed a break in the fourth game to go 3-1 ahead and maintained the one break advantage to seal the third set. read more…