Team Tecnifibre is set to take center stage on one of tennis’ biggest venues. Dennis Kudla, one of the US young guns, drew Roger Federer for his second match at Indian Wells. In his first match, he took down Tobias Kamke in a three set battle.

The “Prime Time” spot light is shining bright on Team Tecnifibre this weekend in the SoCal Desert. Be sure to tune in:

Duklo vs. Sharapova
Saturday March 10, 7 PM pst | The Tennis Channel

Kudla vs. Federer
Sunday March 11, 7 PM pst | The Tennis Channel

On March 6, 2012 Janko Tipsarevic worked out with Mitchell Krueger at the Indian Wells BNP Paribas.

Coming off a great second half of the 2011 season, Tecnifibre Team Member and world #9 Janko Tipsarevic continued his winning ways this past week in Chennai, India. Janko entered the Chennai Open, an ATP 250 event, as the #1 seed in singles and the #3 seed in Singles, partnered with Leander Paes. Tipsarevic, (T-Fight 325 VO2 Max & Black Code Strings) cruised into the quarterfinals of singles with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Yuki Bhambri. He then earned a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 victory over David Goffin, who defeated 7th seeded Xavier Malisse in the first round.  Janko punched his ticket into the final with a 6-1, 6-4 win against Go Soeda. In the finals, Tipsarevic battled for over 3 hours against Canadian Milos Raonic, the #4 seed. Janko ultimately fell 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 in a match that was instantly described as an “epic battle” on atpworldtour.com.

‘”Guys like Milos are special players,” said Tipsarevic. “It was a great game of tennis. Nobody knew till the end who would win. Unluckily for me it was I who lost. It was just a matter of a few points here and there. Hopefully next time I will get the better of him.”‘ (atpworldtour.com)

Janko somehow bounced back from this marathon match and took the court with Leander Paes to have another shot at winning a title. The duo earned a 6-4, 6-4 win over the #4 seeds, Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram. Janko and Leander also defeated the tournmanents #2 seed in the semifinals. Click here for more on the doubles final.

The Chennai Open marked Janko’s 4th singles final (with 2 titles!) in the past year, and his 6th overall, and it was his first ATP doubles title! Congratulations to Janko for starting off the year with some great tennis and we wish him the best of luck in the upcoming Australian Open!

Tecnifibre Team Member Marcos Baghdatis reached the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 in Basel, Switzerland last week. Marcos (T-Flash 315) defeated 8th seeded Viktor Troicki 4-6, 7-6(8), 6-2 in the first round. He then beat Michael Lammer 7-6, 6-7, 6-3 in the second round to set up a Quarterfinal meeting with world #1 Novak Djokovic. Marcos played a tough match, but ultimately fell 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Janko Tipsarevic (T-Fight 325 & Black Code) was forced to pull out of his first round match with a hamstring injury. In his previous two tournaments Janko had been crowned champion and reached the finals. Roger Federer went on to the win the tournament for the 5th time in his career.

Congratulations to Marcos on two hard-fought victories, and good luck to Marcos and Janko in upcoming events (and getting healthy!!)

Just 1 week after earning his second career title at the Kremlin Cup, Janko Tipsarevic continued his great year by reaching the finals at the St. Petersburg Open. Held in St. Petersburg, Russia, the ATP 250 included 2 top 10 players and featured a 32 draw. Janko (T-Fight 325 & VO2 Max) entered as the #2 seed (behind Gilles Simon). Tipsarevic defeated Olivier Rochus 6-2, 7-5 in the first round and led Michael Berrer 6-3, 2-0 before Berrer retired. In the quarterfinals Janko defeated Potito Starace 6-7, 6-2, 6-1, and rolled through #7 seed Alex Bogomolov 6-2, 6-1 in the semifinals. In the finals, Janko came up just short against #4 seed Marin Cilic, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.

Congratulations to Janko on another great tournament, and good luck to all of our Tecnifibre TEAM members in upcoming events!

Janko had a great interview at the St. Petersburg Open. Click here to check it out.

Congratulations to Tecnifibre TEAM USA member Denis Kudla who has recently cracked into the top 300 in the ATP world rankings. Denis (T-Fight 325 VO2 Max) recently won a futures event in California which moved him up to a career high ranking of #27. (Click here for more on Denis’ title run.) We’re looking forward to watch Kudla as he continues to climb the ATP rank! Denis is currently playing in the Pan American Games in Mexico. Good luck, Denis, and good luck to all of our athletes representing the U.S.!

This is a great video about our young American star Denis Kudla (T-Fight 325).

Denis Kudla_Profile (English) from Tecnifibre Channel on Vimeo.

Tecnifibre TEAM member Janko Tipsarevic (T-Fight 325 & Black Code) won his first ATP Tour title at the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. He defeated fellow Tecnifibre TEAM member Marcos Baghdatis (T-Flash 315), who also had a great tournament. Both players reached the final without dropping a set. To read more, check out the Tecnifibre International Blog and the Story on tftennis.com.

Congratulations to both Janko and Marcos on a great tournament!

Tecnifibre USA TEAM member Denis Kudla won his second career singles title this week at Lagana Niguel, California. Denis (T-Fight 325 VO2 Max) won 5 rounds without dropping a set en route to the victory at the $10,000 futures event. Denis defeated Bakalov 6-1, 6-0, Sarkissian 6-3, 6-3, and C. Harrison 6-0, 6-1 in his first three matches. In the semifinals, Denis was a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Takanyi Garanganga, and continued rolling in the championship match with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Dennis Lajola.
Congratulations to Denis on a great tournament, and good luck to all Tecnifibre TEAM members in upcoming tournaments!

Denis is 10-0 in his last 10 matches!

Playing in his home country of Uzbekistan, Tecnifibre TEAM member Denis Istomin won his 4th straight challenger this past week. Denis (T-Fight 325 & Red Code) fought through a tough first round match by defeating Uladzimir Ignatik 3-6, 6-3, 7-6. Heading into the second round, Denis began to roll through the draw, and did not drop another set en route to the title. He defeated Jurgen Zopp 6-3, 6-4 in the final. Denis entered the tournament as the #3 seed, with a world ranking of #97; with the title he moved up to #78.

Congratulations to Denis, and keep up the great form!