TIPSAREVIC MAKES SEMIS
Janko Tipsarevic has defeated Marcel Granollers of Spain in the quarter final of the Rogers Cup. With this victory, the Serbian player has secured a berth in the final 4. The match was pretty much one sided and the Spaniard didn’t manage to break Tipsarevic’s service even once in the whole match. Tipsarevic won the match in the straight sets by 6-4, 6-4.
Tipsarevic, who has been given fifth seed in the competition, was playing his second match of the day. Earlier in the day, he had defeated Marin Cilic of Germany in the third round. Winning two matches on the same day is not an easy task and the ease, with which Tipsarevic did it, shows that he is in tremendous form at the moment.
Tipsarevic took 1 hour and 37 minutes to beat Granollers according to tennis latest news. He served very well and hit five aces in the match. In the first set, both the players held their service in the first 8 games and the scores were leveled at 4-4. But, Tipsarevic was able to get a breakthrough in the ninth game.
After winning the ninth game, Tipsarevic just had to serve out the next game to win the first set. He didn’t lose the advantage and held his service in the 10th game to win the first set by 6-4. The story of the second set is not much different from the first one. Tipsarevic got a breakthrough in the fifth game and kept his lead till the end to win the second set by 6-4.
After the match, Tipsarevic told the latest sport news websites that it was not easy to play two back-to-back matches on the same day. But, he maintained his stamina and won both the matches. In the third round, Tipsarevic will play against his fellow countryman Novak Djokovic.