Janko Tipsarevic News

Novak Djokovic recorded his first 6-0, 6-0 win at an elite event Thursday, shutting out Jan Hernych at the Swiss Indoors.

Top-seeded British star Andy Murray, second-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko and Spanish crowd favorite Fernando Verdasco were among Thursday's second-round winners at the $2.98 million Valencia Open.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was forced to retire with a wrist injury while trailing Mikhail Youzhny 6-7 6-0 3-0 in round one of the Valencia Open.

The Williams sisters will end their season with another title matchup. Venus Williams defeated Jelena Jankovic , 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, on Saturday in one semifinal at the Sony Ericsson Championships at Doha, Qatar.

Home favourite Juergen Melzer followed up his quarter-final win over second seed Radek Stepanek by beating Janko Tipsarevic 4-6 7-6 6-4 on Saturday to reach the Vienna Open final.

Jurgen Melzer rallied to beat Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 4-6, 7-6 , 6-4 Saturday to reach his first ATP final of the season at the BA Tennis Trophy.

SEED CULL CONTINUES: In Moscow, Alisa Kleybanova defeated Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-3, while in Stockholm, Robin Soderling kept home title hopes alive with a quarter-final win REUTERS, MOSCOW Sunday, Oct 25, 2009, Page 20 Champion Jelena Jankovic was dumped out of the Kremlin Cup quarter-finals by Alisa Kleybanova 6-4, 6-3 on Friday, a day after ...

Philipp Kohlschreiber reached his fifth ATP quarterfinal of the season at the BA Trophy when Victor Crivoi of Romania retired Wednesday with a shoulder injury while trailing 6-2, 3-0. The fourth-seeded German gave up only five points on serve and broke Crivoi four times.

Sixth seed Janko Tipsarevic reached his first ATP final by thrashing Ukrainian qualifier Ilya Marchenko 6-1 6-4 in the Kremlin Cup semi-finals yesterday.

MOSCOW: Home favourite Mikhail Youzhny and Italian veteran Francesca Schiavone both tasted victory in the US$2mil Kremlin Cup joint ATP and WTA event here yesterday.

RUSSIA'S Mikhail Youzhny rallied to beat Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-7 , 6-0, 6-4 to win the Kremlin Cup, while Italian Francesca Schiavone won her second career title, beating Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-3, 6-0 for the women's crown.

Serbian Janko Tipsarevic has progressed to the Kremlin Cup final without dropping a set this week.A The sixth seed won 80 per cent of service points and hit five aces to defeat Ukrainian qualifier Illya Marchenko 6-1, 6-4 in a 90-minute semi-final encounter on Saturday.

Janko Tipsarevic will play Mikhail Youzhny and Francesca Schiavone will meet Olga Govortsova in the final of the Kremlin Cup, after all four players posted straight-set victories Saturday.

Kremlin Cupa 'Moscow, Russia No. 6 seed Janko Tipsarevic advanced to his first semifinal in two seasons on Friday, defeating Robby Ginepri 6-3, 6-3 at the Kremlin Cup.

Playing in his native Moscow for the last time, Marat Safin came up a second-round loser Thursday at the $1.08 million Kremlin Cup tennis event.

Thursday, October 22, 2009 MOSCOW: Defending champion Jelena Jankovic is into the second round of the WTA Kremlin Cup after a battling three-set defeat of Jaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan here on Tuesday.

Second-seeded Victor Hanescu of Romania and fourth-seeded Russian favorite Igor Andreev were a pair of upset victims Tuesday at the $1.08 million Kremlin Cup tennis event.

NEW DELHI: Rohan Bopanna defeated Alexander Lobkov of Russia 7-6 , 4-6, 6-2 to move into the third and final qualifying round of the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow on Sunday.

Fourth-seeded Gael Monfils and seventh-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka were a pair of first-round winners Monday at the $1.226 million Japan Open tennis event.

Robert Kendrick isn't just the favorite to win this week's Natomas/USTA $50,000 Men's Professional Tennis Tournament.