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Tipsarevic to a historic achievement in Russia 

Tipsarevic to a historic achievement in Russia

29.10.2011


Seeded second in the overall scheme Janko Tipsarevic qualified for the finals of the second consecutive tournament, after having had a categorical 6-2, 6-1 over Alex Bogomolov Jr. Serb demonstrated excellent game for Retur by the entire match for five times to deal with the serve.

The duel continued little more than an hour, and was a victory for Tipsarevic â„– 52 for the season (against 22 losses). Curiously, before facing the semifinals of the tournament in St. Petersburg, the two had met before for 7 years when the tournament winner goes to Tokyo Bogomolov.

Thanks to global success â„– 13 is on the verge of his third title this season. Moreover, the Serb will try to become the first player in history to win both tournaments in Russia (workout. Last week triumphed in the final of the Kremlin Cup). Earlier in the season Tipsarevic won the title in Kuala Lumpur, which was his first career.

Opponent in the final will be Marin Cilic, who deal with the representative of the host Mikhail Youzhny - 6:3, 6:4. Thus Croat will play their fourth season finale, as in the previous 3 cases lost the title dispute.

So far, Cilic and Tipsarevic played 6 times as Croat has 5 wins.



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