Tipsarevic battles into Stuttgart semis
Tipsarevic battles into Stuttgart semis
Janko Tipsarevic reached the last four of the Stuttgart International after he
narrowly beat home competitor Bjoern Phau 6-7 7-6 6-4.
Phau had accounted for Wimbledon giant killer Lukas
Rosol earlier in the tournament, but the world number eight battled back
after losing a first-set tie-break to progress.
The Serb will face either Brazil's Thomas Bellucci or Germany's Cedrik-Marcel Stebe for a place in the final.Earlier in the day second seed Juan Monaco was the first man through to the semi-finals after downing Pavol Cervenak 6-1 7-5.
The Slovak qualifier had upset veteran Tommy Haas in the previous round, but Monaco proved a class above.
The Argentine only sent down two aces in a match which saw 11 breaks of serve, but took his opportunities when receiving to seal the match in 96 minutes.
Monaco's semi-final opponent will be Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, who eased past Germany's Dustin Brown 6-0 6-3.
