Janko Tipsarevic

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Mnogo mi je žao Janka, kakav je to meč bio i kakva prilika...

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http://www.telegraf.rs/sport/339320-hum ... ali-kancer

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Viktor Troicki i Janko Tipsarević u utorak su trenirali na Teniskoj akademiji "Bogdan Obradović" na Adi Ciganliji.

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Sprema ih Bogdan za jesenju sezonu

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Tipsarević: Neću da čekam Nadalovo koleno
22. septembar 2012. 10:38 > 10:46

Janko se trenutno nalazi na devetoj poziciji u trci za nastup na Mastersu u Londonu. Od Conge ga deli 25 ATP bodova i želi da sam nadoknadi tu razliku, a ne čeka odustajanje Nadala.



Janko Tipsarević odleteo je na Daleki istok, gde će na tri turnira u Bangkoku, Tokiju i Šangaju, pokušati da sakupi što više bodova za plasman na ATP šampionat, završni turnir sezone, Masters u Londonu.

Na finalu sezone u "O2 Areni", 5. novembra, okupiće se osam najboljih tenisera u 2012. godini, a u trci trenutno vodi Novak Đoković, koji je od ranije obezbedio plasman na finale Masters serije. Pored njega, uradili su to još samo Rodžer Federer, Rafael Nadal i Endi Marej.

Ostali, matematički, i dalje mogu da i ne moraju da se plasiraju na neko od četiri preostala mesta. Tipsarević je trenutno prvi "ispod crte", na devetom mestu, sa 25 ATP bodova manje od Žoa-Vilfreda Conge. Dakle - u igri je!

Tipsarević je prošle sezone debitovao na finalu Masters serije i to kao rezerva. Posle odustajanja Mareja, Beograđanin je "uskočio" u Grupu A i čak zabeležio jednu pobedu. Ovog puta, ne želi da se kao rezerva pojavi u Londonu, a ne želi čak ni da čeka vesti o povredi Nadala, što bi mu u slučaju Rafinog odustajanja donelo učešće i kao devetoplasiranom.

"Ne potcenjujem turnire iz serija 250 i 500, kao što su Bangkok, Tokio i Beč. Igraću na njima, ali mislim da će odluka o tome ko će otići u London 'pasti' na Mastersima u Šangaju i Parizu, gde je u igri 1.000 poena. Tu jedno polufinale ili finale može da 'zabetonira' kao učesnika bilo koga od nas koji smo i dalje u trci", rekao je Tipsarević u razgovoru za "Sportski žurnal".

Finale Mastersa je glavni cilj do kraja sezone?

"Da, sto odsto! Osvojio sam titulu u Štutgartu, sa timom Svetski kup u Diseldorfu, a nismo se plasirali u finale Dejvis kupa, tako da mi je krajnji cilj plasman na Masters i to ako je moguće kao osmi u trci, a ne na osnovu toga da li će Nadala boleti koleno ili ne", jasno je naglasio Tipsarević da neće čekati vesti iz Španije.

Da li ste zadovoljni 2012. godinom?

"Zadovoljan sam zato što je bolja od 2011. Napredovao sam, igram bolje i od dva cilja sam ostvario bar jedan. A to je da se zadržim i postanem, uslovno rečeno, standardan Top 10 igrač".

Koji je bio drugi cilj?

"Da igram dobro na gren slemovima. Od svih velikih turnira kajem se samo zbog Vimbldona. Na US Openu sam dao sve od sebe, dobro sam igrao, ali nije prošlo... U Australiji sam igrao tragično na početku godine. Na Rolan Garosu je Almagro bio za klasu bolji od mene, ali na Vimbldonu sam očekivao više i mislim da sam mogao bolje od toga", rezimirao je Tipsarević i najavio šta će mu biti cilj u 2013. godini.

"Cilj je isti - plasman u prvih pet na ATP listi. I dalje sam svestan da sam u vrhu svetskog tenisa i da ima prostora za napredak. Ali, voleo bih kada bih bio igrač poput Davida Ferera u smislu konstantnosti rezultata. On je na sva četiri gren slema stigao bar do četvrtfinala, a na dva je ušao u polufinale. Za bolji plasman na ATP listi potreban je minimum plasman u polufinale gren slemova", kaže Janko i dodaje:

"Svestan sam da mogu da pobedim skoro bilo koga. Voleo bih da na najvećim turnirima pobeđujem 'veliku četvorku'".

Tipsarević je u karijeri pobeđivao i Đokovića i Mareja, ali ne Nadala i Federera.

"Volim da igram sa Noletom i Marejem. Protiv Endija sam proletos izgubio potpuno dobijen meč, trebalo je samo da ga završim. Federer i Nadal mi ne odgovaraju, ali nisam u tome jedini".

O Aziji...

"Imam lepa sećanja, odve sam osvojio prvi turnir. To je jedna od mojih omiljenih turneja. Ovde su ljudi smireni, pa to i mene opusti..."

ATP TRKA:

1. Novak Đoković (Srbija) 9.910
2. Rodžer Federer (Švajcarska) 8.920
3. Rafael Nadal (Španija) 6.840
4. Endi Marej (V. Britanija) 6.730
5. David Ferer (Španija) 4.780
6. Huan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) 3.820
7. Tomaš Berdih (Češka) 3.720
8. Žo-Vilfred Conga (Francuska) 2.745
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9. Janko Tipsarević (Srbija) 2.720
10. Nikolas Almagro (Španija) 2.415
11. Džon Izner (SAD) 2.250
12. Rišar Gaske (Francuska) 2.110

Od poznatijih turnira do početka Mastersa, do kraja sezone ostalo je da budu održani oni u Marseju (250), Sankt Peterburgu (250), Bangkoku (250), Kuala Lampuru (250), Pekingu (500), Tokiju (500), Šangaju (1.000), Moskvi (250), Valensiji (500), Bazelu (500) i Parizu (1.000).

(MONDO, foto: Beta/AP)

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Janko na Tajlandu

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http://www.espnstar.com/tennis/news/det ... -bar-high/

ESPNSTAR.com caught up with Janko Tipsarevic, one of the best-spoken and most colourful characters on the tennis tour.
Abhishek Mehrotra
Tipsarevic initially caught the eye with his flashy on-court persona, tattoos and the ever present glasses. More recently though, the Serb has turned heads with his results - rising to ninth in the ATP rankings and becoming a regular fixture in the latter stages of Grand Slams.
About to embark on the Asian leg of the tennis circuit, Tipsarevic sat down with ESPNSTAR.com for a wide ranging interview.

Q: How did you get interested in tennis?
A: At the age of six and a half- seven, I was interested football. But I was a very energetic kid so my parents decided football was not enough and I started playing tennis in my primary school in the yard.
I was talented with the ball and racket, so pretty soon after that, I made the decision to stick to tennis. We didn't take it seriously until I started making it big on the international scene. I was always the best in Serbia in my age group - but once I started winning tournaments outside Serbia, the Orange Bowl and other tournaments - my family started thinking more seriously that tennis might be my calling.
Q: Did you feel any pressure to succeed while growing up?
A: I should have felt a lot of pressure because I'm not from a very wealthy family and I'm from a country that has had a lot of political problems in the past. But I never did - I had a very happy childhood and even though I was part of two wars in the past 10-15 years [Serbia has had a wildly turbulent political history], I never felt that this part of my life affected my tennis and I feel very lucky for that.
Q: Why do you think Serbia has produced so many world-class players in recent years?
A: There is no reason. It's just pure luck, but the main things are the hard work of individuals and the support of parents. We didn't and we still don't have the infrastructure to support tennis at the level it should.
Ana Ivanovic won a Grand Slam and was world number one. Nenad Zimonjic won Wimbledon a number of times and was world number one [in doubles], Jelena Jankovic was world number one, [Novak] Djokovic was world number one and has won so many Grand Slams.
Viktor Troicki was world number 12. I've been top 10 for a year now - so I just hope people in the Serbian Tennis Federation understand that if nothing is done, if some money doesn't start flowing into the pockets of people who need to create the infrastructure and invest in young talent - this generation will never happen again.
Q: But why do you think that is the case. Why is the support not there?
The simple thing is because we don't have a national tennis centre. Serbia won the Davis Cup two years ago, and the girls are in the final of the Fed Cup this year. These are results of countries like United States or Australia or Spain or France. These are countries who have over a 100 years [of tennis history] and we managed to produce these in the last 5-10 years. There are some improvements - players get some kind of support from the federation which we never did, but it's still far from where it should be.
Q: Speaking of the Davis Cup, how do you rate the experience of playing in it with that of playing in Grand Slams?
A: I love the Davis Cup more than I love Grand Slams. It's a team competition and it's a different kind of pressure.
I don't think I'm a bigger patriot than Djokovic or Troicki or anybody else who plays for the national flag. I love my country a lot, but I love it a normal amount. I play better because I play only for Serbia. There's something about the Davis Cup and other team competitions that bring out the best in me - especially when I'm playing at home.
Q: A few years ago, you said grass is your favourite surface but your best results in the Slams have come on hard courts in recent years. Has that changed your pick?
A: I [still] enjoy playing on grass courts the most, but over the last two years I've produced the best results on hard courts - whether it be indoors or outdoors.
Tennis has evolved so much as a sport and to be on top you cannot base your game on a certain surface or a certain period of the year. I thought of myself as somebody who can never play on clay, but half of my points this year have come on clay.
I played the final in Gstaad, won Stuttgart and Dusseldorf, playing the second week of the French Open, playing semis of Madrid, beating Djokovic the world number one. A personal feeling of mine is that I enjoy playing on grass the most, but it doesn't matter. People said Ferrer can't play on grass or hard courts, and he's playing better than ever. People said that Murray can't play on clay - he played semis of French Open last year and won 2000 points on the clay court swing in Europe.
Q: You mentioned how the top guys are able to play well on all surfaces. Is that because surfaces have become more similar in nature or is it because players have become more well-rounded?
A: I think the top three or four players have set the bar so high, that in order to follow up, you have to play well on all surfaces. Tennis is more about fitness than ever before and it's become more professional than ever before.
You have guys now, and I'm looking at myself, travelling with whole teams of people - with a physio, a fitness coach, a tennis coach. You just need to make tennis a way of life and you're trying to improve in every aspect of your life outside the tennis court to become a better player. It's way beyond just hard practice on the court because that's not enough to be top 10, top 5 or world number one.
Q: How do you prepare for a match against the top players? Is it any different from when you're playing others?
A: It's not a big difference. The only difference is that before the match - you need to prepare yourself to be mentally strong for the three, four or five hours you need to spend on court. Their oscillations during the match are minimal - and you need to be strong from the first point to the last because they're not going to give you anything.
Q: You were so close to making the semi-final of the US Open, but lost in five sets to David Ferrer. How do you cope with a loss like that?
At first it was disappointing. It was a big chance - Rafa [Rafael Nadal] didn't play, so somebody from that part [of the draw] - [John] Isner or Ferrer or me would pass into the semi-final. But later, I didn't look at it that way.
It was disappointing, but I didn't screw up. David played better than me at the important moments. This is tennis. It was really disappointing for the first two days, I had some nights when I didn't sleep well. But this is how it should be. If you want to become a true champion losses like this should really hurt. They should leave a small scar, but they should not affect your well-being.
Q: Are you happy with your performances this year? And what's the goal for the rest of 2012?
A: My goal for this year for qualifying for London is far from over, which is why the Asian swing is so important for me because every tournament counts. So I will do everything, but I will not let my loss to a big player like David Ferrer affect my final goal of finishing in the top eight.
I'm not happy that I didn't manage to make the next step on the Grand Slams - this was my big goal. I wanted to make the semis of at least one. But there's always next year. Tennis is a tough sport, but it's good in a way that if you don't use your chance, there's always the Grand Slam.
But the toughest year for a player is the first year in which he has broken into the top ten, because he doesn't have the element of surprise any more. Last year I came from 49 to 9and players who are not following the ranking see me at 9 - they're like ‘whoa, when did that happen?'
But being able to sustain all these guys - like Isner, [Nicolas] Almagro and [Milos] Raonic - to keep these guys behind me, and being in a position to attack [Jo-Wilfried] Tsonga and [Tomas] Berdych in front of me - this is something I'm really proud of. And this is a new experience for me, especially at this age of 28. So the fact that I didn't fall below nine is something I'm proud of.
Q: You talked about age just now. There is a general feeling that it's the older players who're dominating the sport more - do you agree with that and why do you think this is the case?
A: Of course I agree with that - it's statistics. The average age of the top 100 players is something like 27 which is crazy compared to a few years back.
I don't want to say the younger generation is spoilt. The other explanation [for older guys dominating the circuit] is that tennis has become more about fitness than ever before. So the older guys like me who have experience of how it is - not all of us are like Nadal or Djokovic who came into the top five at age 20 and stayed there.
But having the experience and knowledge I have - even though we think our season and career are so long, I'm aware it's not. It goes by in a heartbeat and you turn around and wonder what happened.
So the players at the top - Berdych, me, Tsonga - we realise how good our positions are right now - we're trying not to let it go. Trying to stay injury free - because you look at guys like [former world number one Juan Carlos] Ferrero, [Nikolay] Davydenko and you realise how difficult it is to come back to the top. So I'm trying to hold on to this position as long as I can.
Q: What is the most memorable match of your career so far?
A: I always dreamed about winning a match on Wimbledon centre court. One of the reasons I started playing tennis is because the one VCR cassette I had was [the final of] Wimbledon 1991 - when Michael Sitch won [Stich beat compatriot Boris Becker in the final]. My brother and I watched it countless number of times. I remembered every point from that match.
So when I played Fernando Gonzalez there [in the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2007] - I was leading two sets to one, and I had chances to win in the fourth, but I didn't. He won the fourth set and was 5-2 up in the fifth, but I came back to win 7-5 [Tipsarevic won 8-6]. It was the best feeling ever, beating a top five player on the centre court.
Q: And the one match that's your biggest regret?
A: I really wanted to beat Roger in Australia [Tipsarevic took Federer the distance in the fourth-round of the 2008 Australian Open before losing 8-10 in the fifth].
One of the things I would love to do before I stop playing is beat every single one of these top players. Then, I had the element of surprise; he didn't know me very well. Now it will be much tougher, because he's taking me seriously.
But then again, in this match I played good tennis - these matches, you regret them, but then when you think about them, it's not because you screwed up. So it won't be a regret for the rest of my life.
Q: Out of the four Grand Slams, which one do you enjoying playing at the most?
A: I enjoy Wimbledon the most - it's a different setting. When the chair umpire says 'Quiet please', it's really scary how quiet it is. It shows the amount of respect that British people have towards players who are competing in the tournament. I guess it's the history and all the fuss. And of course, I enjoy playing on grass the most.
The other thing I enjoy the most is the night sessions at the US Open. It's completely different, it's like you've come to watch a movie. I actually watched some matches live - and me, as a tennis player who's played there, watching from the side, I found it really something else. It can be really electric.
Q: You've got a great persona on court - the fans seem to love the tattoos and the glasses. Is this an image you've cultivated on purpose?
A: This has nothing to do with my persona on court. If the fans like it, that's great. But even if they said it's horrible, I probably wouldn't care.
I'm not doing it for tennis, I'm doing it for myself. There is life after tennis - I hope to live for 50 more years after my career - so I'm not doing it to be more popular for the 15 years I'll be on tour. It's the same story with glasses - I have prescription. I cannot wear contact lenses because my eyes are too sensitive and I refuse laser eye surgery. I don't know - I'm too afraid I guess.
But Oakley have been a great support - they've been my sponsors forever and I cannot imagine playing without glasses.
Q: Now for the Asian angle. What do you think we here can do to start producing more world-class players?
A: I think tennis needs to get into your blood. We as tennis players are so different. I was with some F1 drivers - they all look at the same. If you look at me from the side, you'll never guess I'm a tennis player. Same with Isner.
We're small, tall, fat, skinny. It has nothing with size or power. Look at Nikolay Davydenko one of the strongest hitters on tour, and he is so skinny. So people in Asia need to embrace tennis as a sport. You're starting slowly - especially with the women in China - but the culture needs to embrace tennis like you did with other sports like badminton.
Q: You're an avid reader. What are you reading currently and what's your favourite book?
A: I'm reading a book by Charles Bukowski called the Post Office.
I don't have a favourite, it changes with time. You're not the same person as you were in 18, and that's the way it should be. For a long time, my favourite writer was [German philosopher Friedrich] Nietzsche. But later I realised that yes, some things are right but there are some things I disagree with him on. So it changes - if you have the same thinking at 40 as you had at 18, then I guess you need to think again.

And now, some questions for you sent in by our readers.
Q: If you were an animal, what would you be?
A: I want to be an aggressive animal, but then I don't want to kill. So...I would be a dolphin.
Q: What's your favourite cuisine?
It varies, but overall I would say Indian.
Q: Do you wear glasses even when on vacation?
I have prescription, so yes, most of the time.

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Citam da Janko ne brani titulu u Moskvi jer je trazio sumu koju organizatori nisu zeleli da izdvoje.

Otprilike na sedam dana se pojavljuje tema Janko/novac. Prvo o tome koliko treba koleginice da zarade, pa koliko je trazio za DC, pa se obraca TSS koji bi trebalo vise da izdvaja, sad i ovo. Naravno da svi vole pare, ali on je bas postao opterecen. Da li je u pitanju "sindrom Davidenko" i gospodja sa visokim prohtevima ili nesto drugo ne znam, ali je neukusno. Jedina dobra stvar je sto u toj trci za parama ne sme sebi priustiti rano ispadanje pa vise nema neprijatnih iznenadjenja.

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Kakav pajser, pa zar ne razmislja logicki da je lakse da osvoji Moskvu nego Bec (mada odustajanjem Delpotra, ostaje samo Has problematican) , u Moskvi stvarno nema za njega jakih protivnika, i tako dodje do tih para, preteruje jebote... Al razumem ga, treba 'hraniti' onu zver

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Naravno da svi vole pare, ali on je bas postao opterecen. Da li je u pitanju "sindrom Davidenko" i gospodja sa visokim prohtevima ili nesto drugo ne znam

Tipujem na prvo

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Third-seeded Janko Tipsarevic rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory against 18th-ranked Gilles Simon to open his title quest. Tipsarevic won 70 per cent of his return points in the final set to break the Frenchman four times. With the win, World No. 9 Tipsarevic avenged last week’s loss to Simon in the Bangkok semi-finals.

“I played almost two-and-a-half hours of long and exhausting tennis. Most of it was from the baseline,” said Tipsarevic. “Gilles Simon is one of the toughest guys on tour. I’ve played him many times and I’ve lost more than I’ve won. I cannot be more happy to make this rematch from last week’s loss successful.”

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Što su dobre slike
Od sutra ima prenosa na SK, ali stvarno ne mogu ni za koga da se budim u 4

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E svasta ce jos da vidimo na teniskom terenu . Mora da je hrkao, sto bi ga budili . Na kraju ce ni krivog ni duznog Janka da mrzi 'fan' tenisa ako ga je pogodio lopticom.