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Davis Cup: Serbia 1-1 Czech Republic

Janko Tipsarevic had to dig deep to keep Serbian hopes alive in Prague as he outlasted Radek Stepanek to win an epic 5 hour battle 57 64 64 46 97 after Tomas Berdych had earlier put the home nation ahead.

Having led by a break in the first set Tipsarevic was then stunned by a Stepanek fightback but put the dissapointment behind him to win the next two sets and put himself on the brink of victory. He lost concerntration at the end of the fourth, however, and gave the Czech No.2 a chance to level the score. read more…

Davis Cup: Serbia vs Czech Rep Preview

This will be the 11th meeting between Czech Republic and Serbia with both sides having won five of the previous ties although all but the most recent of these were played under the flags of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. The last meeting, a semifinal in 2010, went right to the wire with Novak Djokovic and Janko Tipsarevic pulling Serbia back from a 2-1 deficit on the final day.

In contrast to a first round loss at home to Kazakhstan in 2011, Czech Republic reached the quarterfinals this year with a resounding win at the same venue in Ostrava against Italy. The Czech duo of Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek wrapped up the three points needed for victory on the first two days of competition. read more…

Murray Edges Janko To Reach Miami SFs

World No. 4 Andy Murray held off No. 9 seed Janko 4-6, 6-3 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open on Wednesday.

Reported by ATP

“Today’s match was really important for me to get through after how it was going, [fighting] back after being a break down a few times in the second set,” Murray said. “And then also, at the end of the third set when I was up a break, he had break point in a tight game, and I came up with some big serves and served my way out of trouble, which is important.” read more…

Janko Cruises Into Miami QFs

No. 9 seed Janko battled his way into the Miami Masters quarter-finals for the first time in four years with a 7-6(3), 6-2 victory over Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov on Tuesday. Tipsy, who improved to 3-0 in head-to-head matchups against the Bulgarian, recorded his 15th match win of 2012 (15-5 overall).

Both players were very strong on first serve; Janko recorded an impressive 93 percent of first serves, while Dimitrov won 83 percent. But it was Janko’s ability to attack the second serve that made the difference – the Bulgarian won just 8 of 23 points on his second serve. Janko didn’t face a break point during the match and converted both break point chances to clinch the win in 81 minutes.

Janko will next play either No. 4 seed Andy Murray or No. 13 seed Gilles Simon for a place in the semi-finals.

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Miami: Janko Beats Dolgopolov in 3rd RD

No. 9 seed Janko maintained his run of form on Sunday when he knocked out Ukraine’s Alexadr Dolgopolov 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open. The pair’s first meeting lasted two hours and 6 minutes.

Fast Facts

• Janko won a total of 96 points to Dolgopolov’s 81
• The Ukrainian won just 44 per cent of second serves during the match compared to Janko’s 68 per cent
• Janko dropped serve twice, while he broke his opponent four times (twice in the third set)

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