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!

Trent Bryde is a 6th grader from Suwanee, GA who recently switched to Tecnifibre’s T-Fight 295 with Pro Red Code & MultiFeel string. Since switching, Trent has gone on a tear that challenge’s Novak Djokovic’s 2011 season. Trent’s first tournament with Tecnifibre was a National Level 3 where he won his first 3 matches before losing in the semifinals. His next tournament was the Southern Cup, where he won all 4 of his matches at the #1 position. He followed up at the Tecnifibre Fall Classic, a Southern Level 4, where he won the tournament by winning all 4 of his matches. He extending his winning streak to 13 by winning his first 5 matches at a Southern Level 2 in Cary, N.C., before losing in the finals to Jared Pratt. He then won 11 more matches in a row, which included 2 tournament titles, including a doubles title as well. He then reached the finals of a National Level 2, which extended his winning streak to 15 matches.

In total, since switching to his Tecnifibre T-Fight 295, Trent has won 31 our of 34 singles matches, and has won 4 tournaments, and reached 2 finals. Trent is currently ranked 13 in the nation and 1 in Georgia on tennisrecruiting.net, but with the way he’s playing, he is definitely one of the hottest players in the country and looking to continue improving his game. Congratulations to Trent on his amazing run, and we hope that he will continue to enjoy success with his Tecnifibre T-Fight 295 and Pro Red Code & MultiFeel string.

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!

Check out this great feature video on Bjorn Fratangelo and his title at the 2011 Junior French Open.

Congratulations to Bjorn, who uses the T-Fight 325 & Black Code Strings.

For more on the 2011 Junior French Open and Bjorn’s Run to the final, click here.

Tecnifibre TEAM USA member Bjorn Fratangelo (T-Fight 325) was recently featured in a great article about his decision regarding whether to turn pro or go to college. Click here to check out the story.

“Tennis Enterprise” is a competition in France between tennis manufacturing companies. Each company forms a team of its employees and hits the courts to battle it out. For the second straight year, our Tecnifibre TEAM was victorious! For more, check out the original blog post here.

Congratulations to our TEAM members in France! Way to represent!

Congratulations to Janko Tipsarevic (T-Fight 325 & Black Code) has reached his career high ranking, at #13 in the world. He is currently only 700 points away from cracking into the top 10. Janko recently made the semifinals of the ATP 1000 in Canada and the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open. Congratulations to Janko!

Janko Tipsarevic (T-Fight 325 & Black Code) has reached his first grand slam quarterfinal, and continues his great summer of hard-court tennis. After defeated world #9 Thomas Berdych in the 3rd round, Janko defeated former French Open Champion and World #1 Juan Carlos Ferrero in the round of 16, 7-5, 6-7, 7-5, 6-2. Click here for Match Highlights.

Janko entered the tournament as the #20 seed, and is currently at his career high ranking of #20 in the world. He will now face fellow Serb, and current world #1 Novak Djokovic. Congrats to Janko on a great tournament thus far, and good luck in the quarters!

Coming off of a great summer of tournaments, Tecnifibre TEAM USA Member Patrick Kypson has been featured on tennisrecruiting.net, as one of the top players in the 6th-grade class. Patrick (T-Flash 300 & Duramix HD) reached the finals of the USTA Clay Court Championships and the semifinals of the USTA Summer Championships. Check out the article at here. Also, Patrick’s picture made the front page of the site! Congrats Patrick!

Denis Kudla (T-Fight 325) battled to two very tough victories in this years U.S. Open qualifying draw. Dennis defeated world #233 Andrea Arnaboldi in his first match in a tough 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(7) decision. Dennis fired 9 aces and won more than 80% of his first serve points en route to upsetting the left-hander from Italy. In his second match, Dennis had to bounce back from his marathon first round match and go the distance again; this time defeating world #150 Evgeny Donskoy, 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(5). Denis ran into a tough opponent in the qualifying round, falling to Frenchman Romain Jouan, 6-4, 6-2. Congrats to Denis on 2 well-earned victories!