Jelena Jankovic has led Serbia to a one – nil lead over Russia in their Federation cup tie. The number one Serb seed outclassed yer younger Russian opponent Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, taking her down in strait sets.
The match, which is being played in Russia, is one of the Semi Finals currently being played with Italy and the Czech Republic contesting the other.
Despite her high ranking, this is the first time that the highest ranked female tennis player in the world has managed to beat Pavlyuchenkova. The fact that she hasnt beaten the Rusisan before can’t be put down to lack of opportunity with the two players haveing previously played three times.
“I lost three of my previous meetings with Nastia (Pavlyuchenkova) at hardcourts,” said Jankovic said. “This time we played in red clay and though the court was not perfect it fits my tennis better than any other surface.”
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Women’s tennis these days has become synonymous with the word ‘grunt’ with many, rather most of the top tennis players screaming their lungs out when hitting a shot, sometimes courting controversy as was done by Serena Williams at the US Open Final last year and sometimes being mimicked by the fans, just for the fun of it and one woman who is not too keen to cut down on her screaming is Serbian tennis ace Jelena Jankovic. Jankovic has not been in the best of forms recently, having been knocked out of the WTA Tour event at Indian Wells recent quite unceremoniously but she is not one to take into account what others think of her grunt and cut it down.
According to Jankovic, it is something that comes to her naturally when she hits a shot and there is no way that she is going against her natural instincts in trying to make it more comfortable for the fans or her opponent for that matter. Jelena Jankovic, however, did point out that it was not her but Russian tennis beauty Maria Sharapova who has the strongest grunt in the world of women’s tennis at moment.
She did happen to mention that although she grunts herself, it is extremely hard to concentrate amidst the loud screams of the opposition player. But that still doesn’t change anything and according to her, in the world of power tennis, it has become a part of the tennis culture.
Jelena Jankovic very candidly replied that during the days of Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graff, it was all about skill but today, one has to rely on skill and power and when a powerful shot leaves the racket with a lot of force generated from the body, the scream or the grunt comes as a natural reaction.
The former world No 1 tennis player Jelena Jankovic is all set to tear up the town in Malaysia. She will be celebrating her 27th birthday in Kuala Lumpur during the BMW Malaysian open tennis championship and is very much excited!
The 27 yr old Serbian has won 12 tour titles before but had never won a grand slam title. The intellectual and compelling Jankovic has always loved and enjoyed working things out for herself. The tournament will take place at Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club. She is expected to win the tournament and we all hope she does – her last victory was in Indian Wells.
Before her loss to Polish fifth seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the Dubai tournament, she won against US Open champion Samantha Stosur. That was a great achievement for her! After her triumph over Stosur, everyone started referring her as the former world number one, on a slow slide. These types of silly remarks meant nothing for this 27 yr old charming lady – her main aim is to regain the number one spot and that needs her to do a lot of practice. Currently she is ranking No 14.
After her recent losses, she thought of appointing a coach who can guide her back to the top, and started working with Henner Nehlar.
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Serbian tennis player Jelena Jankovic has pulled out of the upcoming Open GDF Suez that is to be held in Paris, France. The 13th ranked women’s player in the world has been suffering from thigh injuries for most of her career and this has prompted her to pull off from first rate or Premier Level events of the Women’s Tennis Association or the WTA more than once during her long career.
Jankovic was slated to be a part of a star studded field at the Open GDF Suez in Paris as the fourth seed in the tournament but playing for Serbia in the Fed Cup last week has taken its toll on the former world number one on her physical fitness. Although the 13th ranked player in the world Jelena Jankovic led Serbia to an emphatic victory in their Fed Cup tie against a much depleted Belgian side, she did suffer from thigh problems during one of her singles matches in the tie and it is that injury that has made her withdraw from the tournament.
The Serbian was extremely disappointed at not being able to compete against a star studded field ready to take to the court at Paris and her disaapo9intement was evident from her statement at the press conference where she announced her withdrawal. Jankovic stated that she had hoped that she would be able to play in the tournament after getting treatment.
Jelena Jankovic has not had the best of starts to 2012, having already lost in three matches in the tournaments that she competed in this year. She lost in the quarter finals of the Brisbane International and in the second round of the event at Sydney and lost out to then world number one Caroline Wozniacki in the fourth round of the Australian Open, starting the year on a whimper than with a bang.
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