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April 26th, 2012
April 25th, 2012
Janko Advances at Barcelona Open
No. 5 seed Janko defeated Victor Hanescu of Romania 7-5, 6-4 Wednesday to advance to a third-round meeting with Frederico Gil of Portugal at the Barcelona Open. The match lasted one hour and 43 minutes.
Tipsy broke his Romanian opponent four times from eight opportunities. Even though he landed just 52 percent of his first serves, Jankela won 63 percent of the points on serve and was broken just twice in the match.
The matchup against Gil will be the first head-to-head meeting between the two.
April 21st, 2012
Barcelona: Janko As Living Mannequin
Nicolás Almagro, Albert Ramos and Janko Tipsarevic, three tennis players that will compete next week in the first round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, modeled as human mannequins during an appearance this afternoon at the Mango store on 65 Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona. The three athletes surprised shoppers by perching in the window of the store.
Almagro and Tipsarevic are both currently among the 12 best players in the ATP world rankings. read more…
April 20th, 2012
No space for jealousies
Janko Tipsarevic, the world number 8 and a columnist for The Tennis Space, discusses his friendships on tour, his work ethic and how it drives him on and how he sometimes gets mistaken for a famous Italian footballer.
The locker room can be a fun place to be – lots of the players hang out together and they also practice together, of course. Obviously I am friendly with the Serbian players, but many others too. It is serious when we are playing tournaments but we also try to have fun during them. read more…
April 19th, 2012
Janko Beaten in Monte-Carlo 3rd RD
No. 7 seed Janko lost in the third round of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Thursday.
He was defeated 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 by No. 9 seed Gilles Simon in two hours and 19 minutes, despite hitting 11 aces. Tipsy falls to a 17-8 record on the season and is 0-4 against the Frenchman.
Simon held eleven of his 12 service games, saving nine of the 10 break points en route to clinching the victory. Janko dropped serve five times. read more…
