Since bursting into the spotlight at the end of 2012 when he made the finals of the Paris Masters beating Andy Murray, Janko Tipsarevic, Gilles Simon and Marin Cilic along the way Jerzy Janowicz’s ranking has skyrocketed to number 26 in the world.
Jerzy, who didn’t play the 2012 Australian Open because he couldn’t afford the flight, now says he’s enjoying a much more comfortable life since Paris. Read more
David Ferrer has halted the progress of giant killer Jerzy Janowicz and claimed his first Masters 1000 title, beating the Polish qualifier 6-4, 6-3. Ferrer has also become the first Spaniard to ever win the Paris title.
On his way to the final Jerzy took out Kohlschrieber, Cilic, Murray, Tipsarevic and Simon and put on an impressive display of power serving during the match but was not enough for the consistent Spaniard. Read more
The phenomenal run of Jerzy Janowicz, a qualifier from Poland, has seen him take out Andy Murray and Janko Tipsarevic. Now he has taken out Gilles Simon in the semi finals in straight sets, beating him 6-4, 7-6.
Now the in form Pole faces Spaniard David Ferrer in the Paris finals. Regardless of the outcome it will be the first Masters 1000 title for the winner. Read more
Jerzy Janowicz, the Polish qualifier who beat Andy Murray, has done it again. This time the in form player, ranked 69th in the world, took out Serbian Janko Tipsarevic who recently qualified for the year end Tour Finals.
Tipsarevic was forced to retire with illness with his opponent leading 3-6, 6-1, 4-1. It is now up to Gilles Simon to try and stop him in the semi finals in Paris. Read more
Posted in Andy Murray, Gilles Simon, Illness, Janko Tipsarevic, Jerzy Janowicz, Paris, Tomas Berdych
Juan Monaco is currently 12th in the race to the World Tour Finals after a terrific year which also saw him reach a career high ranking of number 10.
Aussie battler Lleyton Hewitt, who is rumoured to be bidding farewell to his beloved professional tennis tour after the 2013 season, came up with a surprise straight sets win over the Argentine. Read more
After a four and a half hour battle one of the worlds most consistent tennis players David Ferrer had booked his place in the US Open semifinals where he will face Novak Djokovic. Ferrer eventually beat Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-7, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6. Read more
Posted in David Ferrer, Janko Tipsarevic, US Open
Argentine David Nalbandian was fined a whopping $8, 000 for throwing water on a staff member at the Australian Open – a huge fine considering that he was treated so unfairly by an umpire during his five set match with Isner.
The fine seems even more excessive when Marcos Baghdatis was fined only $800 for smashing four rackets in a less than a minute and the maximum fine for racket abuse is $2, 000. Read more
Posted in Australian Open, David Nalbandian, ITF, Janko Tipsarevic
Milos Raonic battled Janko Tipsarevic for three hours and fourteen minutes before winning the Chennai final 6-7, 7-6, 7-6. The title marks Milos’ first since he returned to the tour after hip surgery following fall at Wimbledon and his second ATP level career title.
Milos served an impressing 35 aces and was unbroken in 36 service games. Tipsarevic also played a great match but was forced into defense by the power of Raonic. Read more
Posted in Chennai, Injury, Janko Tipsarevic, Milos Raonic, Wimbledon
Lucky loser Janko Tipsarevic subbed in for Andy Murray earlier this week at the World Tour Finals in London and has made an impressive impact. Janko had a match point against Tomas Berdych in his first match and in his second he has beaten world number one Novak Djokovic 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Djokovic seemed unfazed by the loss after his phenomenal season, saying he’d lost some of his ‘freshness’.
Tipsarevic also said he was running out of steam at the end of the season. Read more
Posted in Davis Cup, Janko Tipsarevic, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, World Tour Finals
David Ferrer has notched up an impressive 6-3, 6-1 win over Serbian world number one Novak Djokovic. While Djokovic may have called it his worst match of the season, Ferrer was delighted with his performance which has secured him a spot in the semifinals of the World Tour Finals after he also beat Andy Murray in straight sets on Monday.
It’s a great result for probably the most consistent player on the circuit for a number of years. Ferrer’s 18 winners to Novak’s 11 gave him an advantage but it was Nole’s implosion with 33 unforced errors to Davids 18 which ultimately crippled him. Read more
