Jelena Jankovic’s Number 1 days seem a millions miles away as she’s ousted in first round at Wimbledon.
It is fair to say that Jankovic’s tennis career has seen better days. 2008 saw her at the top of her game, and of the tennis world, but since then her performances have slowly deteriorated as she’s had to step aside for the likes of Sharapova, Azarenka and Kvitova to shine at the top.
Although this year she managed to reach the quarter finals at Brisbane, she made a hasty exit from Sydney and the Australian Open not managing to make an impact at either. Following this, she had to withdraw from Paris due to a thigh injury and relinquished any chance of succeeding at Doha as she was defeated in the first round.
Her Wimbledon efforts this year were just as disappointing. Faced against Clijsters of Belgium in the first round, Jankovic could have expected a tough but attainable win, yet Clijster took control of the game from the onset. The first set was taken by the Belgium 6-2; an effortless performance which Jankovic was unable to restrain. The second set saw an improved attempt from Jankovic, and she took four games, however this was in vein as Clijster stormed through and won the second set 6-4.
Jankovic must now elicit the aspects of her game-plan that are causing a decline to her confidence and ability to win. This is integral if she is to contend with her rivals, to champion at another tournament and to regain that number one spot. Currently without a coach, achieving any of these goals is an onerous feat, especially when battling with such strong, driven and passionate players.
Jelena Jankoivic will be hoping to put some poor performances behind her after the Sixth seed Serbian was defeated in the first round of the Brussels Open by Simona Halep. The former world number one suffered a fourth first-round loss on clay this year when she fell in an epic match which ended 6-2 3-6 7-6(3). During the game Jankovic wasted three match points.
Jankovic served five double faults and was broken seven times, losing despite having more break point opportunities than her opponent. Jankoivic now world number 21 has had a severe fall from grace since winning the Wimbledon mixed doubles in 2007 and reaching the final of the US open in 2008. Since then she has seen a number of ‘almost’ tournaments and more recently has failed to reach the back end of the important tournaments.
Jankoivic remains positive on her chances of success in Paris. Last year saw her loose to then defending champion Francesca Schiavone, which saw her leave the women’s top 10. With a poor record in the Wimbledon singles with a first round knock out last year, many have her down with only a outside chance for success in Paris of Wimbledon.
If Jankoivic fails to make an impact in Paris she may well find herself well down in the seeds come Wimbledon so it is imperative she has a good tournament. She will be happy to finally not have to play on clay which has been her unfavoured court type and the host of many of her worst performances. If her bad performance continues through the summer we may well see the twenty eight year old falling off the tennis radar for some time.
Jelena Jankovic was a former world number one professional tennis player that was born in the year 1985 in the country of Belgrade. Reaching the finals of the 2008 U.S Open, Jelena Jankovic also won the 2007Wimbeldon Mixed Doubles title and had ranked 18th. Jelena Jankovic is presently being coached by former Dinara Safinacoach, Zelijko Krajan.
To talk about a bit of her personal life we notice that Jelena Jankovic was born in Belgrade and was the child of two economist. She also took up economics as a subject in her college education but then put it for an indefinite hold when she decided to pursued tennis as her career. Jelena Jankovic learnt her Tennis skills in the tennis club – Red Star. She then won the 2001 Australia Open Championship as a junior and was the junior number one in the world.
At the 2012 Australia Open, Jelena Jankovic was the 13th seed but she defeated Laura Robson, Kai Cheg Chang and Christina Mc Hale in the first few opening rounds. After this she defeated Wozniacki in the fourth round. Jelena Jankovic then teamed up with Australian Tennis player Bernard Tomic. Next up Jelena Jankovic played the 2012 Qatar Total Open where she received a bye in the second round and next continued the chain of games with the Dubai Duty Free Open. Jelena Jankovic was nearly out in the first round but then somehow managed to reach the semifinals where she was finally defeated by Radwanska. Jelena Jankovic then started off with the American hard court season by starting off with Indian Wells. The European season was started off by playing in the E books Sony Ericsson Open. Jelena survived Laura Robson defeating her and comin gout of her losing streak. Next waiting for Jelena is the Fed Cup when she plays against Russia.
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July 11, 2012 9:04 am | 
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