Tipsarevic announces his retirement from tennis after a 17-year career

Serbian tennis player Janko Tipsarevic, has anunced his retirement from professional tennis after a match that saw him save a total of 9 match points against Japanese player, Yuichi Sugita, at Intrum Stockholm Open. In end, 35-year-old Tipsarevic lost  marathon match 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(4).

A career-spanning 17 years

Tipsarevic said that he h a wonderful 17 years playing tennis and competing in different tournaments. Janko ded that after a lot of thinking, he took decision of retiring as it was perfect time to take such a decision.

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An injury-plagued career

Serbian player turned professional in year 2002 and reached 8th spot in ATP rankings and won 4 ATP tour titles during his 16-year long career. Janko's best season came in year 2011 where he won maximum number of his career titles. He reached 8th spot in 2012. player has h an injury-plagued career wherein he required 7 surgeries.

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Tipsarevic's most table win came when he defeated World . 1 and fellow Serbian, vak Djokovic in ATP World Tour Finals, London in 2011. He holds a 287-256 career record in professional tennis.

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Nal and Djokovic slammed

Meanwhile, tennis stars Rafael Nal and vak Djokovic have been heavily criticised by director of ATP sanctioned Vienna Open, Edwin Weindorfer, for taking part in an exhibition match to be played in Kazakhstan on October 24, to raise money for charity. criticism comes after revelation that both players will t be taking part in Vienna Open and Swiss Indoors tournament in Basel.

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(With inputs from ncies)