Former champion Janko Tipsarevic has confirmed his participation for the USD 450,000 Aircel Chennai Open to be held here from January 5 to 11.
The upcoming Chennai Open has been robbed off some of its sheen with defending champion Janko Tipsarevic on Wednesday withdrawing from the country's premier tennis event owing to a foot injury.
Mikhail Youzhny made a shock first-round exit at the World Indoor Tournament, losing to unseeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic.
Second seed Rafael Nadal advanced to the third round of the U.S. Open on Friday when Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia retired in the third set after receiving treatment for a rib injury.
World number nine Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia made a brilliant recovery from a set down and destroyed his opponent Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut's game in the next two to clinch his maiden Chennai Open ATP tournament title in four attempts in Chennai.
The Indo-Serbian duo of third seeds Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarevic kept alive chances of a title showdown with the Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna after advancing to the semi-finals of the doubles event at the Aircel Chennai Open 2012 in Chennai on Friday.
Former US Open champion Andy Roddick stumbled to a bad-tempered early exit from his home Grand Slam on Wednesday, the American losing 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 to unseeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic in the final match of the day.
Some of the top tennis players, including world No. 6 Tomas Berdych and No. 9 Janko Tipsarevic, are set to take part in the 18th Aircel Chennai Open 2013 to be held here from December 31.
The third seed Indo-Serbian pair of Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarevic won the doubles crown at the Aircel Chennai Open 2012, on Sunday, defeating the fourth seed Israeli duo of Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich 6-4, 6-4 in the final.
Serbian top seed Janko Tipsarevic hardly broke a sweat in a clinical 6-1, 6-3 elimination of Indian Wildcard Yuki Bhambri, in the second round of the Chennai Open on Thursday.
Janko Tipsarevic emerged as Serbia's hero after he beat Radek Stepanek in the decisive rubber to propel his country to their first Davis Cup final with an nerve-jangling 3-2 win over the Czech Republic.
Second seed Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia beat Slovakia's Aljaz Bedene 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 to set up title date with Roberto Bautista Agut at the Aircel ATP Chennai Open Tennis Tournament on Saturday.
Mahesh Bhuapthi and Rohan Bopanna progressed to the quarter-finals of the ATP Dubai Open, but Chennai Open winners Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarevic were ousted in the first round.
Top seed Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia lived dangerously before making the final with a confident 6-1, 6-4 triumph over qualifier Go Sodea of Japan in the semi-final of the ATP Tour $450,000 Chennai Open Tennis championship on Saturday.
Novak Djokovic began the fightback and Janko Tipsarevic completed the job as Serbia overturned a 2-1 deficit against Canada in the Davis Cup semi-final on Sunday.
Novak Djokovic's frustration with the controversial blue clay at the Madrid Masters reached new heights after the world number one was beaten 7-6, 6-3 by fellow-Serb Janko Tipsarevic in the quarter-finals on Friday.
Roger Federer chalked up yet another record when victory over Janko Tipsarevic at the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday put him top of the list for match wins at the traditional season-ender. The 17-times Grand Slam champion cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over the Serbian world number nine, taking his haul of victims in the event to 40, one more than Ivan Lendl.
Unseeded Italian Andreas Seppi won the first ATP title of his career in extraordinary circumstances on Saturday when Serbian opponent Janko Tipsarevic retired hurt in a rain-interrupted Eastbourne International final.
Third seeded Indo-Serbian pair of Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarevic came back from the brink of defeat to beat second seeded American duo of Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram 6-2, 6-7 (7-1), 10-7.
Novak Djokovic was left sweating on a place in the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals on Friday after losing for the first time in his career to fellow-Serb Janko Tipsarevic.
India's Rohan Bopanna and his Romanian partner Marius Copil bowed out of the French Open after losing in the third round of the men's doubles, in Paris, on Sunday.
Roger Federer moved a step closer to a record-equalling 20th Masters title when he thumped Janko Tipsarevic 6-2 6-3 at the Madrid Open on Saturday to set up a final showdown with Tomas Berdych.
Fourth seeded Canadian Milos Raonic played the game of his career to snatch the singles title from the jaws of defeat in the $ 450,000 Chennai Open tennis championship by beating top seeded Serbian Janko Tipsarevic 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 7-6(4) in the final in Chennai on Sunday.
Sixth seed semi-finalist Janko Tipsarevic advanced into the last eight of the Chennai Open with a comfortable 6-2, 7-6 (3) win over Russian Alexandre Kudryavtsev on Thursday.
Rohan Bopanna and Kristof Vliegen overcame a first set deficit to beat Jonathan Erlich and Janko Tipsarevic and book a semi-final berth in the Atlanta Tennis Championships in the USA.
Third seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi saved a match point en route to a hard-fought three-set win over Oliver Marach and Janko Tipsarevic to book a berth in the final of the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament in Miami.
Roger Federer scrambled to a 6-7, 7-6, 5-7, 6-1, 10-8 third-round victory over Serb Janko Tipsarevic.
Holder Novak Djokovic had to combat Sergiy Stakhovsky's aggressive serve and volley game to reach the Dubai Championship quarter-finals Wednesday, and next faces a baseline barrage from compatriot Janko Tipsarevic.
India's rising tennis player Yuki Bhambri has been awarded a wild card entry in the main draw of the 18th ATP Aircel Chennai Open, from December 31 to January 6. Yuki joins an impressive field, which includes four top 20 players -- Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych (No. 6), Janko Tipsarevic (No. 9), twice winner Marin Cilic (No. 15) and Stanislas Wawrinka (No. 17).
Polish qualifier Jerzy Janowicz continued his brilliant run at the Paris Masters on Friday while fourth seed David Ferrer knocked out local favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Serbia drew level with Canada 2-2 in the Davis Cup semi-final after world number one Novak Djokovic beat 11th-ranked Milos Raonic 7-6(1), 6-2, 6-2 in Sunday's opening singles.
Rohan Bopanna and Rajeev Ram's campaign at the ATP Indian Wells Masters ended in the first round itself after a straight sets defeat against Lukas Kubot of Poland and Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia.
Holder and World number 17 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland faces a daunting task to retain his title as the 17th edition of ATP Chennai Open unfolds, on Monday, promising a keen tussle among top players.
Two-time former singles champion and world No.15 Marin Cilic and Stanislas Wawrinka are set to take part in the 18th Aircel Chennai Open, to be held from December 31 to January 6.
Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro found himself in a strangely familiar position at the ATP World Tour Finals on Thursday after keeping his hopes on track with victory over Janko Tipsarevic.
Title holder Andy Murray beat fellow racquet-trasher Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 to reach the semi-finals of the Japan Open on Friday in a match which had both men at boiling point.
Leander Paes and Horia Tecau overcame a stiff resistance from the Dutch pair of Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer to progress to the quarter-finals of theATP Thailand Open in Bangkok.
Leander Paes and Anderson failed to clear the second-round hurdle, going down to the Serbian pair of Janko Tipsarevic and Nenad Zimonjic at the AEGON Championships in London.
Rafa Nadal was less than his dominant best on the clay at the Barcelona Open on Thursday but was still good enough to secure a 6-2, 6-3 win over Colombian wildcard Robert Farah and set up a quarter-final clash against Janko Tipsarevic.
World number two Rafa Nadal was pushed all the way by France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga before finally emerging with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 victory to earn a place in the semi-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open on Wednesday. Nadal next faces fourth-seeded Briton Andy Murray, who rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Serbian Janko Tipsarevic.
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