Ivanisevic Enjoys Sleep, Fatherhood, Win at Seniors Frankfurt

 
The Croatian, whose girlfriend Tatjana gave birth to their second child just over a month ago, has played sparingly on the BlackRock Tour of Champions because of a knee injury and his new parental responsibilities.
 
Four years ago he told stories of how his new daughter Amber-Maria was 'like a vampire who only comes out at night,' and his only chance to catch up on sleep came at events on the BlackRock Tour of Champions. This week, in Frankfurt, it seems the same is true again.
 
"I haven't slept for one month!" said Ivanisevic.
 
"This week is like my holiday. Four days in a row of good sleep! The first month of his (Emanuel's) life has been great for him, but not too good for me. When you don't sleep at all it's tough to practice. But it's ok. In a couple of years it's going to be perfect."
 
After a sluggish opening set against Muster, Ivanisevic awoke from his joyful slumber to squeeze through an opening set Tie-break and then race through the second set.
 
He is now looking forward to what he is convinced will be group-deciding clash against Paul Haarhuis on Friday night.
 
"The court is very fast and I'm hitting the ball okay," said Ivanisevic.
 
"Maybe I tried too much but I'm happy overall. I didn't play a tournament for three, four months so I'm happy. I think it's going to be me and Paul [Haarhuis] battling for the final, I don't think something else can happen honestly."
 
Elsewhere, Haarhuis scraped past 1987 Wimbledon champion Pat Cash 6-7(5), 6-3, 10-8 (Champions' Tie-break) while Anders Jarryd won another thriller against Bjorn Borg 5-7, 6-1, 10-6 (Champions' Tie-break) and Michael Stich won the battle of the big-hitters against Richard Krajicek 6-7(4), 6-4, 10-8 (Champions' Tie-break).
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