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#1 ·
Well this thread we can use to post everything we can find on Janko, articles and interviews and other stuff, just so this forum has some structure lol. I'll start off with this article from Rotterdam 1st round.

Fighting spirit helps Rochus win from Tipsarevic

19-02-2007
Olivier Rochus undeniably has mental resilience, enough to tip the scales in his favour during his match against Janko Tipsarevic. The best tennis player from Wallonia saw defeat staring him in the face, but refused to give up and ended up winning a very exciting game of tennis. With 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, Rochus is now placed for the second round.

Tipsarevic, a Serbian sporting fashionable glasses similar to those worn by football legend Edgar Davids, played a strong game, leading with a set and a break. Then, to everyone’s surprise, including his own, he lost control of the second set. Tipsarevic was visibly frustrated and showed it by furiously throwing his racket on the ground several times. He then went on to waste three of his four serves in the second set.
In the decisive set, Tipsarevic, at 91 in the world ranking, which is 56 places lower than Rochus, left a number of chances for a break unexploited, with moments of tense excitement and heated ball exchanges as a result. At 4-4, the Serbian dropped the serve, allowing the Belgian to serve the rest of the match.

http://www.abnamrowtt.nl/
 
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#2 ·
Day 4 - An interview with Janko Tipsarevic - Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Video Interview


Transcribed Interview


Q. Can could you sum up how was the game for you? Was it a big surprise or did you feel quite soon that Marat was not in a good day?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I was not thinking before I started the match that Marat is like a big, huge favorite of the match, first of all, because I played him one time before and was really, really close to beat him in most quarterfinal end of last year.

And second of all, I know that this year, he hasn't been playing really great on clay courts. I think he won three or four matches or so. So I was thinking that this might be my chance to progress to the third round.

Q. If I look at your biography here, it says that your grandmother keeps a journal on you. What kind of a mark or what can she write about you after today's match beating Safin? What do you think?

NOVAK DJOKOVIC: Well, she's actually not writing a journal, but she is collecting pictures and stuff like that from newspapers that go out in Serbia and sometimes abroad, in foreign countries.

But, for sure, this is one of my biggest wins in my professional career, and I'm just really happy that I stayed focus since the beginning until the end of the match and winning the match in three sets.

Q. Do you think that with the victories for Ivanovic, for you, for Djokovic, are the Serbian players, do you think reacting, to each other's success and that is driving them forward?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I am really grateful for every Serbian player that is better ranked or is a better player than me, because that thing is awaking in me this positive jealousy that if he can do it, why can't I do it?

And of course if he's from the same country, I'm taking Novak as an example now, of course his wins are really, really big influence on me, in thinking that I can be much better than whatever, 80, or whatever my ranking is at the moment.

Q. And how many good young players do you have in the country? How many good teenage players are there perhaps who can maintain this new tradition of Serbian tennis success?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: We have a few good juniors, I would say two or three boys and one or two girls. I'm not sure of their ITF junior rankings.

But the thing is, people have to understand that all that we have in tennis here became from mud, from nothing. No one invested one dollar or one Euro into any one of our players, including Ana, Jelena, Novak, and Boris, and all the guys who are here today except their parents. There was no big tennis academy. There was no big tennis federation behind their success. Nobody was investing anything.

So the only people who are ‑‑ who we can say thanks today are our families.

Q. The Serbians have more of a tradition in team sports. Why did you go into an individual sport?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: My father was a soccer coach. So when I was little, I was actually playing soccer for a year. I was pretty good, but I had, if I can call it, an injury or something like that. And, you know, when you're small and someone hits you, you don't want to do it anymore. So I decided at six and a half, almost seven years to start playing tennis. It was so I don't break stuff in the house, so I have somewhere else to run. And I mean, my family was ‑‑ of course, it was nothing to support at that time. The started thinking seriously when I started making results abroad, so in foreign countries.

When I was winning tournaments in Serbia was still, Well, he's playing good, talented, whatever, but when I started being No. 1 in Europe and 12 and 14, then things got a little more serious.

Q. A lot of your compatriots have chosen to leave or spend time in other countries. Has that been the case for you or you have pretty much stayed and trained in Serbia?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: No.

Q. Since you were young?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I was training in Serbia. I was trained by a Russian coach, Roman Savochkin, who was my coach since childhood for like 13 years. So most of my practices was in Serbia. I don't know would I be maybe a better player now if I was practicing in Florida or Barcelona, Valencia, or some other big camps around the world, but the thing is I can ‑‑ I have this problem also where I cannot go on tour too long, for a few weeks, maybe a month, then I have to go home for a few days to recharge my batteries and then go again.

Q. Do you ever practice with Novak back in Serbia or when you're on the road?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Every time when we have a chance, we practice together. We are good friends apart from the tennis court. But it's hard because he's not staying in Serbia for too long. I was also traveling to Italy because my ex‑coach for a year and a half was Italian. So I would rather practice with a Serbian guy than with a guy that comes from another country. It's much easier. You speak the same language and know each other since juniors and it's better, actually.

Q. I read that you like to read some books about psychiatry. Do you want to be one to Marat, for example?

NOVAK DJOKOVIC: Well, Marat is, in my opinion, maybe the most talented player in the world. I think for him ‑‑ this might sound a little bit harsh, but for him tennis is like a toy, because when it's interesting for him, no one in the world can beat him. But then when it's not interesting for him, he just doesn't, you know, show his talent or his tennis the way he can play, you know.

So I mean, I know that Marat was not at his best today, and I'm really happy that I used that to the fullest, winning three sets to Love.

Q. Do you think that with all you guys are doing for Serbian tennis you could, in a few years, compete with football or basketball that I think right now are more popular?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I think at the moment tennis is mainly because of Novak, Ana, and Jelena, tennis is the No. 1 sport in Serbia right now. Actually, a few days ago I just found out that we are going to play our Davis Cup tie against Australia in September in 20,000‑seat arena. So that's really, really huge. Thinking that six, seven years ago, I was the No. 1 ranked player with 700 or something when I was a junior, I mean, I really think nobody in Serbia will dream that today we will have three top 10 players, one top 10 doubles guys ‑‑ doubles player and a few guys, like, in the top 100.

Q. Do you think with all you're doing, maybe federation or the state will put some money on tennis academies?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: The thing is, I'm not blaming the federation. We had really bad political issues. We had Milosevic in power, who not only destroyed the country but completely destroyed our sport. There was nothing happening in Serbia.

But our federation now is building a tennis center, and tennis is starting to be so popular you can really not imagine. For example, from a personal experience, I have a friend who is trying to start to work as a coach. He cannot find a free court until September. Everything is completely booked. Kids, younger, older people, it's completely booked. So tennis is growing really, really fast.



link to the transcript and the video: http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/news/interviews/2007-05-30/200705301180536383765.html
 

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um sure, but I made the screencaps myself here :shrug:
 
#8 ·
According to Entry List,Janko is playing in Hertogenbosch next week.
Does anyone know if he has some points to defend from last year,or he can only advance...?
Thanks.
Janko keep going,man. :cool:
We all know you can play tight matches with top 10-20 players,you just need to know how to finish them. Believe in yourself!:yeah:
 
#12 ·
Match Reports

Fifth Seed Gonzalez Crashes Out

Friday, 29 June, 2007

Fernando Gonzalez, the fifth seed, was knocked out of The Championships by Janko Tipsarevic, the 23-year-old Serb, in an epic three hours and 35 minutes third round match, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 8-6

It was Tipsarevic’s first victory over a top 10 player and it will be his first appearance in the round of 16 at any grand slam event. But he was made to work for it by the gritty Chilean, who was the losing finalist at the Australian Open earlier this year.

The two had met before, only two weeks previously when Tipsarevic let slip a match point he held during their second round clash at Queen’s. This time he held his nerve on Centre Court.

Tipsarevic, ranked 64, is not yet as popular in Serbia as his better known compatriots Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic and Novak Djokovic, but that looks set to change if he can keep performing like today. He was rewarded with an early break, which he protected to claim the opening the set within 30-minutes.

Gonzalez, a Wimbedon quarter-finalist two years ago, pulled himself together by adapting a more aggressive approach, deploying his trademark forehand to greater effect to take the set. That shot, known as the “Mano de Piedra” (Stone Hand) in his home country, began to show a few cracks in the third set, allowing Tipsarevic to edge ahead.

Gonzalez had four chances to get back on serve as Tipsarevic struggled to close out the set. The Serb was hurrying his shots and making errors when a bit more patience was required but he finally succeeded on his second set point after five deuces.

In a fit of frustration, Gonzalez slammed his racket on to the turf, no doubt realising the size of the task ahead of him. Rain forced a temporary halt to the match with the score 3-2 in the South American’s favour.

Whatever pep talk he received during the break seemed to do the trick although, on resumption, Gonzales again resorted to slamming his racket into the court when he failed to achieve his objective in the first game. However, four games later he did, with his big forehand forcing the Serb into errors. Gonzalez then claimed the set with a deftly played backhand volley into the corner.

Gonzalez lost his opening serve at the start of the decider but recovered in explosive fashion, bludgeoning Tipsarevic into submission with that Stone Hand to swing the match his way after collecting five games on the trot. He came within two points of making it six and victory but failed. Then he lost his serve when serving for the match in one of the most hard-hitting exchanges of the contest.

Tipsarevic kept up the pressure on his opponent, adopting a more adventurous style of play. He saved a match point when Gonzalez became too cautious with his play, waiting for an error to come his way instead of hitting winners. The Serb was attacking Gonzalez with ground strokes that constantly stretched the Chilean. He achieved the crucial break and served out the match, sealing it with an ace.

Written by Henry Wancke
 
#13 ·
from Wimbledon site :)

With his jet-black hair, tattoos and facial piercings, Janko "Tipsy" Tipsarevic may look a little different from the average Wimbledon contender but, after his Centre Court victory over fifth seed Fernando Gonzalez, he is fast becoming a huge crowd favourite.

Tipsarevic is another of the emerging shining stars of Serbian tennis, although lesser known than the likes of women's number three seed Jelena Jankovic, number six seed Ana Ivanovic, and the men's world number four Novak Djokovic.

But a few more matches like his epic three hour, 35 minute battle with Gonzalez and Tipsarevic may well end up as the most famous of that quartet.

He certainly has some pedigree. The 23-year-old was ranked number one for his age in the under-14s, under-16s and under-18s and, although he has taken his time to find his feet at the senior level, he is now ranked 64 and looks ready to continue his rise up the rankings.

Coming back from a match point down against the Chilean gave Tipsarevic his first victory over a top 10 player but he was quick to credit the support he received from the Centre Court fans - who quickly dubbed him "Tipsy" - as an important factor in his success.

He said: “The thing is, I think the crowd likes a fight. The crowd likes to see someone beating and trying to beat and competing with the number five in the world.

"Ever since I was a kid, my dream was to win matches on Centre Court of Wimbledon because for me this is the biggest tournament in the world. Not because I won today. I was saying this since I was 12, since I started playing tennis.

“We don't have one hard court in the country. Tennis, as I know, is played 71% on something else except clay. We have five carpet courts. Everything else is clay. That's it."

He said he finds it hard to believe that he is just one of a whole group of young Serbs storming to the top in tennis and explains that they hardly had a perfect platform to succeed. "The situation in the country was really bad. I would like to use this opportunity to thank my family because when I was growing up as a tennis player, there were no sponsors, no Federation, no nothing.

"I'm not blaming the Federation or anything. It's just that the political situation of the country was a complete mess. I mean, everything was going down. Tennis is one of the most expensive sports in the world so how it is possible we have so good players today, I really don't know.”

He parted with his coach Alberto Castellani earlier this year after being under his guidance for almost a year and a half, but he still pays tribute to the contribution that has been a key part in his rise.

“This year when we started working on clay court, it didn't work so well. I just felt that I need a change. It's just part of being a professional.

"I still talk to him. Actually, I talked to him yesterday. He gave me some suggestions and advice for the match with Gonzalez. He's a great person. He has a huge heart. We didn't finish forever. Maybe one day we will start to work again.”

It is hard not to fail to notice Tipsarevic’s tattoos on both arms, which he said both have huge significance for him: “The left one is ‘Beauty will save the world’ and the right one is the first two letters of the names of the members of my family: father, mother, me and brother.

“In my free time I like to read. One of my favorite writers is the Russian guy, Dostoyevsky. The quote, ‘The beauty will save the world’ is from a book called ‘Idiot’ where the main character believes in the idea that the inner beauty will save the world, and because of that idea he dies at the end.

"This book means a lot to me in my personal ways because I have ideas about life because of this quote.”

Tipsarevic now moves into the second week and the last 16 where he comes up against Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain, who defeated him in five sets in the second round of last year’s Australian Open. The winner is likely to face the defending champion and world number one Roger Federer in the quarter-finals and, if he gets that far, that may be the day the Serb becomes a true star.

Written by Tim Westmacott
 
#14 ·
From Wimbledon site Novak was asked this question :)

Q. What makes Tipsarevic such a special guy?

NOVAK DJOKOVIC: I think it's more a question for him to answer about him. What I can say is that the tennis has grown a lot, basically from zero to hero in Serbia. It's probably the No. 1 sport. We are all proud of it. We are trying really to do our best to present, first of all, ourselves and then the country, in the best possible way. I think we are doing a great job and really happy for it.

You know Janko was actually a bit struggling lately in the start of the year and end of the last year 'cause there was a lot of attention on Jankovic, Ivanovic and myself, Zimonjic. He was kind of in shadow of us in the media.

It was very difficult for him to break it through mentally, but he did it. I'm really happy for him. He's a big fighter, great competitor. He has unbelievable record in five sets. I think he lost maybe in all his career two or three and he won 15 or something.

So here he won three five setters, which is incredible. That means he's physically very strong. Now I think he's top 50. So I can say that he's going to have a pretty good year.

Q. He caused quite a stir here at Wimbledon. Do you think you'd have had more games on the show courts if you had an eyebrow stud and tattoos up your arm?

NOVAK DJOKOVIC: No, I don't think so. I'm not interested in tattoos. I'm not comments on that.
 
#15 ·
In Battle of the Injured, Nadal Survives
By Brian Cleary
Friday, August 31, 2007

It wasn't pretty, but it will work for Rafael Nadal.

Exactly what Nadal needed to happen for him to continue his quest to win did—or at the very least continue playing here at the Open. Walking out on Arthur Ashe Stadium with tons of issues surrounding the tendonitis in his left knee, the biggest question tonight was simply whether or not he would default. But Nadal ran into an opponent physically worse off than himself.

Janko Tipsarevic, a 23-year-old Serb who reached the Round of 16 at Wimbledon this year, also has been battling tendonitis in his knees, which may explain—at least partially—why a still not 100-percent Nadal was able to jump out ahead in this match, winning the first set 6-2 off two breaks of serve. But it was an unexpected rib injury that ultimately did in Tipsarevic. He defaulted in the third set, giving Nadal the victory 6-2, 6-3, 3-2 ret.

"I feel better today, a lot more comfortable," Nadal said after the match, looking surprisingly optimistic. "Surely I’m not 100 percent just yet. But so much better than the other day."

Nadal had almost defaulted from the Open before his first-round match, and then went out and looked inhibited in his movement in his first round encounter against unknown wild-card Alun Jones, needing four sets to prevail. Tonight he looked like he wasn't quite as hobbled, but still a long way from the player who has taken on Roger Federer in the final of the last two Grand Slams, winning at Roland Garros.

"Coming back from the injury, it’s difficult to run 100 percent because you always have on your mind the knee," he said.

Nadal’s success tonight will shine deserved light on his already well-documented toughness, for he played with heart despite his pain. But it shines an equal amount of attention, in many ways, on the famous Italian doctor, Peir Francesco Parra, who is here treating players from the Italian Tennis Federation and is also treating Nadal in a hotel in New York City.

Parra, who is called "The Magician," by a number of world-class athletes, has a special machine with five different lasers that purportedly speed up the healing of strained muscles and tendons. Nadal has been going to Parra’s hotel for treatment three times a day.

"Thank god his hotel is near mine," Nadal said in a tennis blog for the Times of London.

It’s worth noting that Nadal only spent one-hour and 38-minutes out on court tonight, which went a long way in keeping the wear-and-tear on his knees to a minimum. He next takes on big-hitting Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, the No. 74-ranked player in the world.

"It’s very, very difficult," Nadal said about his injury and dealing with the fact that he’s always struggled a bit here at the Open. "But I am improving, I feel better, and that’s always positive."
 
#16 ·
According to Serbian press, Vecernje Novosti and MTS Mondo,Janko will spend this winter in Dubai,
preparing for the next season...

Roger Federer usually spends that period of year in Dubai,too,and they say,he expressed his wish to train together with Janko!!!
Janko is going to accept his offer :) :worship:

(I don't know if all this is really true,but if it is,that would be great!!!)

Janko and the King together...I hope he prepares well,and stays healthy and fit...,in that case he will try breaking into top 30,cause he doesn't defend points until March!

Good luck Janko!!!

:hug:
 
#18 ·
Hi friends!:wavey:

If you haven't voted yet,go and vote to help our Janko go to the next round!:)

Non-tennis -> Polls and Quizzez -> QF round of our favourite player of 2007
He's in Australian Open Group
 
#19 ·
22nd place in this year's MTF's Favourite Player :)

:rocker:

People love our Janko!:cool:
Getting into top 40 by the beginning of March is realistic.
He's defending 83 points till the middle of May!
Then 335 points in May and June.
Then again not many points in July,August and September- only 50!
And finally 164 points in October till the end of the season.

I hope he stays healthy and fit,and then nothing is impossible!!!:clap2:
 
#20 ·
I don't know if anyone has posted the interview yet, the AO was a bit late putting it on their site... :p Here it is, it's a nice read.



Janko Tipsarevic
Saturday, 19 January, 2008



Q. You were so close to causing a huge upset. How does it feel?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Surprisingly, I'm not feeling that bad today. Normally, when I play a tough match and I have some chances to win, especially this tough and against a player like Roger, I'm feeling bad the day after.

So today like I got a lot of positive vibes also from the players in the locker room, my family, my coach. But, well, I think I'm going to be more disappointed tomorrow than I am today.

Q. You obviously had a pre‑match plan.

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: The only ‑‑ my opinion, still, against Roger, and not too many players have beaten him in the last couple of years ‑‑ the only way to beat him is to be aggressive. And he needs to ‑‑ he doesn't need to know what's coming to him. Because if you're playing just a one‑sided game he's ending up as a winner pretty fast and really easy.

So my plan was to be aggressive, and then on the other side, try to make him work for the points that he's winning.

Q. The coach, in the media guide you have a coach; in the notes you have another coach. Who is your coach? How many do you have?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: It's my mistake, because I didn't change it with the ATP. Since this season I started ‑‑ actually, since the end of last season, on the preparation period in December, I started working with Jose Perlas, a Spanish coach, and the preparation was really good, really successful.

I started off kind of on the wrong foot getting sick in Doha; had to retire the second round. But I picked it up. We were working pretty hard here in Australia for a week before the tournament started.

Well, I can say the hard work paid off, because I was really close in beating the No. 1 seed.

Q. The feeling in the stadium, did that help you?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Of course it did. I still think that the stadium likes to see a competitor fighting and trying to beat the seeded player, especially somebody like Roger Federer. But I was trying not to get too emotional. I was trying to be focused. I was not, as you maybe saw, I was not cheering for myself too loud. Just trying to stay focused.

But in the end, I mean, against Roger it's so hard, because he's playing every point like point for point. And even when you're up like 40‑Love, the game is far, far from over.

Q. You held serve eight times in the fifth. During one of those changeovers were you thinking to yourself, This time I've got him?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Actually, no. The only deal which ‑‑ I was feeling really comfortable on court today, but the only thing which was causing me a lot of trouble is to try and read his serve.

So at the end of the match I ended up guessing on the side where he's going to serve, because the shoulder rotation that he has makes it extremely difficult to see where is he going to serve according to go toss.

So this was the only thing which I was feeling uncomfortable with. The rest I was feeling pretty good on court.

Q. It's been said that in order to compete with Roger you have to delude yourself into thinking you can compete with Roger. How do you handle the issue of belief in a match like this, self‑belief?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: My opinion about this is that you ‑‑ you have to believe that you're going to beat Roger Federer when you go on court, as stupid as it might sound, as I said before the match.

If you go out there thinking I'm going to play a good match, make him sweat for his money or something like that, it's not going to work. Because then when the chances are given to you, and even Roger Federer is giving chances, you're not going to use them because you're going to be too afraid from victory.

So I went on court with the idea that I can win. I was close. I lost because he was better in the important moments of the match.

Q. Novak said he said something to you before the match.

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I was speaking with Novak, because obviously he played him, like, more times than I did. He gave me some tips, and I used them properly. It just ‑‑ it could have gone my way or his way. It was I mean 9‑7 in the fifth ‑‑ was it 9‑7 in the fifth? 10‑8, sorry. I forgot, sorry.

Q. Do you care to share any of that advice?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Sorry?

Q. That advice that Novak gave you.

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I don't want to go too much into techniques. Sorry, it's like I don't want to ‑‑ you know what I mean?

Q. Even if you were not afraid to play against Roger, were you surprised yourself to stay during almost all the five sets at his level and to keep your level?


JANKO TIPSAREVIC: The one thing I can say proud about myself, because I was known during the years that in parts of the match I'm playing really good, but then my focus goes down and then for like three games I'm not on the court. I make a lot of unforced errors and my focus is going on the completely other way.

So I am satisfied that I fixed this. I'm satisfied that even when I was losing, I was not losing because I was making force or making some stupid mistakes. I was losing because the other guy was outplaying me at the moment.

Q. I've often heard you say you and the other Serbian players have created what you have out of mud. I wondered if there's ever a moment if a match, or in this match specifically, where you just thought, How did I get here? This is amazing.

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: No. Actually, no. I'm thinking about this normally when we're sitting having a drink and thinking how we start it all. But on the match, if you get too emotional about this, I don't think it's helping you, like, tactic‑wise and helps you stay focused in thinking about your game plan against players.

Q. We are used to hearing that the one who wins has made the most important point. But today you had three break points, and you made three breaks. He had 21 break points, he made only 5. That doesn't mean anything to you?


JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Also, people need to understand that also Roger Federer is human and that he's beatable, and also that he's feeling the pressure on a certain point of a match. It's extremely, extremely difficult for the guys on top, and I've said this during the years.

That every guy who goes on court and believes that he can beat like a top 5, top 10 player, is, as I like to say, releasing his hand and playing his best tennis. These guys have to keep it up, year after year, you know.

But also, you have to understand that every time when you have a chance, you don't have to play something extreme like, I don't know, like fast backhand down the line or something like that.

I was lucky that in these points I was focused and thinking that he's also human and he can make mistakes. Not trying to overplay.

Q. Another thing is he made the 96 winners versus your 52. But 39 were aces, and then there were at least 20 first serves that you couldn't read well, as you said before. So that means from the baseline when you start playing after the first serve you compete even better than him?


JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I think that I was feeling more comfortable tonight or today, whatever, from the baseline than Roger did. I was handling his slice pretty well. I was using my legs, bending down as I should, as my coach told me.

But I wasn't serving that bad. The only problem was that I was not able to read his serve. And if we had more rallies from the baseline, maybe it will go my way.

Q. He actually said that you will play him from the baseline. Was there a point in the fourth set that you started thinking about the fifth one and just let it go?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I was ‑‑ I was a little bit physically down, because I was working really hard for five, six weeks during the preseason. But being sick for a week is like ‑‑ it's decreasing your fitness a little bit. And, also, a week before a Grand Slam I was practicing hard, but I couldn't stay longer than one‑and‑a‑half hours on the court, you know, trying to be fresh for the ‑‑ when the week starts.

So I was a little bit tired, as you might see, but I was ‑‑ I was having a game plan to try and give it all in the fifth, like I did in the first round match.

Q. Everybody's talking about Djokovic, but now with your serve, with Ivanovic and Jankovic, there are many Serbian players. How do you explain this?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: There is, I said it a lot, there is no explanation for the good players that we have from Serbia. Obviously the main popularity of the sport is coming from the two girls, Jelena and Ana and Novak.

A lot of people in Serbia don't understand that in sport, it's normal to have this positive jealousy of the players who are in front of you. And I also said it to myself a lot of times. If Novak can do it, why can't I do it? And maybe I'll never do it, but this is making me be better and improving my tennis.

You often see nations where when one guy starts the other guy starts and it's like a wave coming with young players. Now it's getting better, but, I mean, still I have to tell you the truth: We don't have one hard court in the country, so it's kind of difficult.

Q. You think Federer was nervous? After the break he started walking the wrong way.

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I don't think he was nervous ‑‑ he was maybe like not completely focused, but obviously in some points of the match I was feeling that he was nervous, which is normal.

Q. Do you think this match is going to change your career?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Even if I came out as a loser from today's match I think I learned a lot. I hope I earned some respect from the players around the world. And of course this match is definitely going to help me in the season, so we'll see what happens.

Q. Even if it may sound novel at this question, if after four hours and 27 minutes you cannot read the serve of Federer, how many hours and how many matches do you think you need in order to be able to?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: I think that players who play him more than five times still cannot read his serve.

Q. So there is no hope?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: You have ‑‑ it's more like a tactic that you have, points of the match when it's important, where if you look at a percentage, where is he serving most.

But his toss is always the same. He turns around with his shoulder always the same. And then, I mean, serve is the only stroke in tennis which only depends on you. So if you hide it well, then it's extremely difficult to read it.

Q. You have a special shot on your backhand; am I wrong?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Yes.

Q. When you play with one hand on the side. Can you try and explain?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Well, obviously it wasn't working very well today. But, no, this is ‑‑ this is actually a shot when I cannot reach the ball, and the only way for me to reach it is to play maybe a high‑low, which the opponent is normally smashing in the other direction. I try to surprise him, and sometimes it actually works.

Q. Does it hurt?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: No, it doesn't hurt. But actually, if you play it good it is actually ‑‑ how you say, efficient? Because normally players from this side are expecting a high‑low ball, like a low slice or something like that. But today was not really efficient.

Q. Is it true that you read a lot?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Yeah, I try. Normally tennis players have hard the life is, traveling all the time. We do have a lot of time, and I spend some of it reading, yes.

Q. What kind of books? What are you reading right now?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: Right now I am rereading for the third time the book called Idiot from Dostojevski. Sounds funny, but ‑‑

Q. Is it the tattoo?

JANKO TIPSAREVIC: It's the tattoo I have on my left arm, yes.
 
#23 ·
In another quarter-final upset, Dutchman Robin Haase defeated No. 5 Janko Tipsarevic. It wasn’t a clean match, with a total of 92 errors (44 for Tipsarevic, 48 for Haase); but it was entertaining.

At four games all in the first set, Haase broke the Tipsarevic serve, consolidating it with a hold at love, securing that set 6-4. Between sets the ATP trainer came out to work on a heel blister for Tipsarevic, which seemed to initially hamper his movement in the second set; although he held his first service to go up 1-0; then broke Haase, and held again for 3-0. Haase’s next game went to deuce, and Tipsarevic broke again for 4-0. Haase was hitting out on easy rally balls, and it looked like his game was breaking down a bit as the errors piled up. He struggled to get one of his breaks back, but serving at 1-4 he double faulted on game point. Serving with new balls, Tipsarevic held at love to win the second set 6-1
Both players came out firing in the crux third set, although Haase got to deuce on his first service game; and Tipsarevic followed that with another love-hold. The match turned when Haase broke Tipsarevic’s next serve, then held serve to go up 4-1. In that game, Tipsarevic argued a call on a Haase ace, but it stood. Next game, on his serve – the Serbian didn’t like another call which cost him the first point. He blasted a ball into the back wall, drawing a ball abuse penalty. After that point, Tipsarevic seemed edgy and impatient, going for winners early in points and often missing the lines. That game went to seven deuces, ending with Tipsarevic smacking a big backhand winner deep into the deuce corner.
An easy hold for Haase was followed by a love-hold from Tipsarevic, but the clock had been punched for this match – Haase served it out for 6-3, with Tipsarevic hitting one into the net at 40-5. Final score was 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
By the Numbers
Serving percentages for the match were .70 and .63 for Tipsarevic and Haase respectively. Only two double faults were served in the whole match, both by Haase. Tipsarevic served eight aces, Haase four. Haase hit twelve more winners than Tipsarevic - 28 to 16. Tipsarevic came to the net five times. Four break chances were exchanged in the second set; however Haase saved both of his and Tipsarevic gave his two up.
 
#25 ·
I'm so happy to see Janko is in main draws of Valencia, Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome :)

Last year at that time he played Marrakech, Casablanca and Tunis Challengers.

:worship:

:dance:
 
#26 ·
#27 ·
Hi all! I found this interview of Janko (I don't know from when or where, sorry) and I was wondering if anyone who speaks Serbian would be willing to please translate it. I can figure out the movies, books and actor, personal info but everything else I do not understand. Serbian-English translators are notorious for their inaccuracy so... please and thank you!

Ime i prezime:
Janko Topsarević
Datum rođenja:
22.6.1984
Visina i težina:
Visok sam 180cm, a imam 82kg.Trenutno sam na dijeti jer pokušavam da skinem tri-četiri kilograma viška.
Boja očiju:
Braon
Mane:
Zaboravan sam, na većinu sastanaka kasnim bar 15 minuta...To činim namerno da ne bih došao pre "druge strane", tj. da ne bih čekao jer to mrzim najviše na svetu. Naravno svestan sam da se usled takvog mog rezonovanja drugi nađe u ulozi "onog koji čeka", ali zato o ovome i govorim kada pričam o manama.
Vrline:
Ne bi bilo lepo da ja o njima pričam.
Dome,slatki dome:
Živim u Studentskoj ulici, u Novom Beogradu, ali najviše vremena provodim na turnirima. Nedavno sam sa trenerom računao koliko sam tokom godine bio na putu i izračunali smo od prilike 8 mjeseci.
Najčešće lježem i ustajem:
U krevet odlazim oko ponoći, a ustajem 45 minuta pre jutarnjeg treninga koji je ili u 8 ili u 10h.
Interesovanja:
Slušanje muzike,pravljenje muzike na kompjuteru, knjige, filmovi, pozorišne predstave...
Najbolji prijatelji:
Darko, Nemanja,Aca,Marko
Prva ljubav:
Imao sam 14-15 godina.Prve ljubavi su uvek lepe, bez obzira na to kako se završe.
Idealna devojka:
Za mene je to moja devojka, mada idealna ne postoji.
Osobine koje devojka ne sme da ima da bi mi se svidjela:
Ne volim devojke koje misle da sve znaju, kao i one koje vezi " ne daju prostora".Kad to kažem mislim i na ljubomoru i na insistiranje da smo non-stop zajedno.
Najbolji provod u poslednjih godinu dana:
Svaki put kad izađem sa svojim društvom, fenomenalno se provedem.
Najlepše mesto na kojem sam bio:
Rim i Mauricijus je divan, a Rim je Rim.
Gde nisam bio a voleo bih da jesam:
Želim da vidim Havaje.Ogromna je razlika kada nekuda putujem privatno i kad idem da bih igrao. Na Mauricijusu sam uživao jer tamo prvi put nisam morao da vučem torbu sa opremom. Nosio sam samo peškir i novčanik, a ne torbu prepunih raketa i prljavih stvari. Profesionalni teniser bar dva puta godišnje treba da ode na odmor, jednom na kraju godine, pre nego što počne pripremni period, a drugi put kad mu obaveze dozvole. U suprotnom može da se desi da poludi.
Mesta za izlaske:
Sve je manje mjesta koja mi se dopadaju.
Sitnice bez kojih nikuda ne idem:
Sat, mobilni i novac. Ali toliko sam rasejan da se ne bih začudio da jednoga dana zaboravim da se obučem pre nego što izađem iz kuće.
Knjiga:" Poniženi i uvređeni" Dostojevskog.Gledao sam i u narodnom pozorištu gledao fenomenalnu predstavu "Idiot".
Film:
"Dežurni krivci" i "Doni Brasko"
Glumac/glumica:
Al Paćino i Šarliz Teron
Boja :
Crna i bela, ako one mogu da se nazovu bojama.
Jelo:
Punjena pljeskavica, ali sve zavisi od ranga turnira...najbolje je na velikim ATP turnirima jer su igrači na njima veoma poštovani, ali najgore mi je bilo u Uzbekistanu.Pošto sam igrao dva turnira, čitave dve nedelja sam jeo piletinu, samo što mi krila nisu izrasla!!!
Slatkiši:Ne volim ih naručito, ali mi se dopadaju "Tviks" čokoladice.
Srećan broj:Nemam ni srećan broj, ni amajliju, ne kažem da je sujevjerje loše, ali nastojim da se ne vezujem za nešto, računajući na to da će mi donjeti sreću.
Doba dana:
Predveče oko pet-šest.

Pozdrav svima......
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(Thank you to Alexandra of Janko Tipsarevic Fan Forum... I think maybe this is your interview)
 
#28 ·
ok,as you all already know,my English is not perfect,but I did my best.Here it is...


(I skipped information like name,date of birth...)

drawbacks: I'm always late-at least 15 minutes...I do that intentionally,because I don't wanna wait other person to come. waiting is the the thing I hate the most.
merits:I don't like to talk about that,it's not very nice.
home,sweat home: I live in Belgrade,but I'm travellling most of the time.Few days ago I was calcuating how much time I spend
on tournaments around the world.The result was:8 months.
My bed time is around midnight,and I usually wake up 45 minutes
before my morning training(my morning training are around 8am or 10 am)
interests and hobbies:listening and making music on my pc,books,movies...
best friends:darko,nemanja,aca,marko
first love:I was 14 or 15 years old.First love is always beautiful,no matter how it ends.
ideal girl:for me,it's my girlfriend,altough "ideal girl" doesn't really exist
I don't like girls who think that they know everything and those who are too jealous and don't give me enough space.
Most beautiful place I've visited:Rome and Mauritius,but Rome is Rome
Place I would like to visit: I would like to see Hawaii.There's a huge difference between my private trips and when I travel to some tournament. I was enjoying in Mauritius because for the first time I didn't have to carry around my tennis bag. Professional tennis players should go to the vacation at least twice a year.

(you said that you understood the part about books and movies so I'm gonna skip that too)

favourite colors:black and white
fovourite food:"punjena pjeskavica"(there is no translation for this,
that's a serbian meal made of meat,very tasty)...but that depends on tournament I'm playing.Best food is at big ATP tournaments,and the worst was in Uzbekistan.I was playing two tournaments there and for two weeks I was eating chicken every day.I almost got wings because of that!
candies:I like "Twix"bars
my lucky number:I don't have a lucky number.I don't say that superstition is a bad thing but I'm trying not to tie to something....
favourite part of the day: afternoon,around 5 and 6 pm


Well.that's it. Forgive me for my mistakes and enjoy:):wavey::wavey::wavey:
 
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