Jelena Jankovic Appoints New Coaching Staff
In an effort to improve her performances and go back to the form that saw her become the number one tennis player in the world, Jelena Jankovic has completely overhauled her coaching staff, hiring Henner Nehles as her new coach and Korey Goodwin as her new fitness instructor. The changes came after Jankovic some extraordinarily low performances by her standards over the last couple of seasons which has seen her rankings slip to 13th.
The Serbian tennis star, although has not won a single Grand Slam title, she was always touted as one of those players who could take the tennis court by storm but other than becoming the number one player in the world in August 2008, Jankovic has not been able to fulfill her potential. She seemed immensely focused on the new season during a recent press conference and said that she was training around 7 to 8 hours a day in order to get in the shape for the upcoming Australian Open, the season’s first Grand Slam tournament.
Jelena Jankovic and her new coaching staff are scheduled to arrive Down Under in a couple of days to train and to get acquainted with the Australian weather Jankovic is hoping that Nehles, who was s standout player in the UNLV and reached a career high 38th position in the NCAA rankings can turn her game around in order for to be able to compete with the new breed of young tennis players like Caroline Wozniacki, Petra Kvitova, Victoria Azarenka and the likes.
Jankovic stated in a press conference that her prime target is to attain peak fitness for which she has set two hours’ time every day after practice. Having won twelve singles title, Jelena Jankovic knows what it takes to reach the top but it will be worth watching her trying to scale the heights once again.
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January 4, 2012 9:43 am | 
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