Janko Tipsarevic rallies past Viktor Troicki to clinch the Moscow tile – Kremlin Cup 2011
World number 13, Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia continued his sublime form in the running season, clinching his second championship title by defeating the world number 17, Viktor Troicki, in the final of the Kremlin Cup on Sunday evening.
Being played on the indoor hard courts of the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, the all-Serbian affair witnessed sheer dominance from the top seed Tipsarevic throughout the game. The 13th ranked Serbian took one hour and twenty eight minutes
of play to wrap up victory in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, to claim the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour 250 event in an assertive fashion.
It was Tipsarevic's second championship title of the running season as the Serbian enjoys his career's best ranking of number 13 this year. Tipsarevic finally avenged his defeat from his fellow compatriot, who outplayed him in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, on
the same venue in 2008 edition of Kremlin Cup.
Top seed Serb is running a 48-22 winning record in the running ATP season and his Sunday's performance clearly depicted his belligerent form. Tipsarevic gave no chances to Troicki throughout the contest and cruised through both sets with the utmost ease
to register victory.
"It was really tough," Tipsarevic told the reporters in his post match reviews. "We were both tight. You could cut the tension with a knife. It was like a nightmare to play against your friend."
The second seeded Troicki played aggressive tennis as he always does but his inability to craft break points in the matchup wore him out. He registered just one serve break in the entire contest, while Tipsarevic nailed four out of 12 break points to come
out as the dominant winner.
"This was the first time we had an all-Serbian final, ATP or WTA, so it was a bit strange at the beginning for both of us," stated dejected Troicki. "Janko deserved to win, he was the better player today. We both played pretty good but he was more aggressive."
Tipsarevic dropped merely two points on his first serve, clinching 19 out of 21, while Troicki pocketed 32 out of 47 first serve points to finish on the losing side in the end. The second seeded Serb dropped his serve at the start of the contest but brought
his opponent back on even terms in the fourth game with a break point conversion. The top seed pushed he accelerator in the ninth game again to strike his second serve break and served out of the opener at 6-4.
Tipsarevic keeps his domination in the second set as well and stung two straight serve breaks to race to victory in the an authoritative manner.
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