Janko Tipsarevic Interview - Injury Hell, Mental Health, Murray's Return, The Real Novak Djokovic, ATP Politics, ITF World Tennis Tour
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2019
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
When Janko Tipsarevic first appeared on The Tennis Podcast in 2012, he was ranked No.8 in the world and at the height of his powers. Seven years and seven surgeries later, he returns to the show to open up about the injuries that have plagued his career since then, his mental health struggles, and his plans for the future, including the launch of his mastermind programme for aspiring athletes.
In a wide-ranging and powerful interview with David Law, Tipsarevic also discusses what Novak Djokovic is really like, why he’s convinced that Andy Murray will win another Grand Slam title, the harmful impact of the ITF World Tour, the political situation at the ATP, his views on prize money and gender equality in tennis, and what he thinks of the #NextGen players.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Janko Tipisaravic and you're listening to the Tennis Podcast. |
| 0:14.8 | Well, we have a very special interview for you here on the tennis podcast today with Janko |
| 0:19.6 | Tipisaravic. Somebody I've wanted to speak to for a long time. He gave us a lot of time for this |
| 0:24.2 | interview. I think it's absolutely riveting, fascinating to hear from him, what he's gone through, |
| 0:29.0 | what his opinions are on so many aspects of the tennis world and colleagues such as |
| 0:34.8 | Novak Chokovich and Andy Murray and lots of the political elements of the circuit and also what |
| 0:40.2 | he's been through personally. You may have noticed that there is an explicit tag on this particular |
| 0:46.3 | edition of the show. That's very unusual for the tennis podcast but there is some some strong language |
| 0:51.4 | in this in this particular interview. We've left it uncut. I'm warning you about it now just in case |
| 0:57.5 | it's not something you want to hear. I think it's still worth listening to. I think he's fascinating. |
| 1:03.2 | If you do enjoy the show, do let people know, let your friends know, tweet the links so that other |
| 1:08.4 | people can listen to it too. Here is Janko Tipisaravic. Well, Janko, welcome to the Tennis Podcast, |
| 1:15.8 | lovely to have you with us. Thank you for having me. I'm actually excited. I'm very excited. |
| 1:20.4 | That's really nice of you. You won't remember this Janko I suspect but you are actually a guest on me. |
| 1:26.9 | You were a guest on this show seven years ago in what was actually only episode seven of the |
| 1:34.0 | tennis podcast and this is episode 520. So a lot has happened in the last seven years. |
| 1:43.0 | You're right. I don't remember. I can't quite correct on having a very, very successful |
| 1:50.9 | broadcast for the last seven years. I listen to you guys very, very often. Wow. Thank you. |
| 1:55.7 | Well, when you were on with us, we were only just working out how to make the microphones work |
| 2:01.6 | and things like that. You were number eight in the world. You'd won 57 matches that year. |
| 2:08.4 | You'd qualified for the O2 in London. I think we spoke to you at the Queen's Club at the time. |
| 2:12.5 | My co-host Catherine Whitaker was the one to speak to you. Here you are now. You're nearly 35. |
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