Tennis star's beautiful moment with daughter after first win in 570 days
Janko Tipsarevic’s daughter is five years old.
But because of a nightmare run of injuries, she’s never actually seen her dad win a tennis match at ATP level.
The 34-year-old Serbian enjoyed his first victory in 570 days on Wednesday, beating Bradley Klahn at the Miami Open.
And the person most excited about the drought-breaking win was his daughter.
As Tipsarevic was conducting his on-court interview after the match, she came running up to him shouting “daddy, daddy.”
And you couldn’t get the smile off her face.
“It means a lot because of her,” Tipsarevic said.
“She’s five years old but she never actually saw her father play because in the last five years I was going from surgery room to surgery room to come back.
“It means a lot to finally see her daddy back on court.”
Horror run of injuries
Tipsarevic was at the top of his game in 2012, with a career-high ranking of No.8 and a Davis Cup title to his name after teaming with Novak Djokovic for Serbia.
But a string of foot injuries saw that all come crashing down.
He’s currently ranked 453rd in the world, but hopefully he can get that a bit higher with some more wins.