Sabine Lisicki vs Jelena Jankovic Stuttgart Highlights 2013

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JANKOVIC DEFEATS STOSUR

Jelena Jankovic has defeated Samantha Stosur of Australia in the first round of Porsche Tennis Grand Prix 2013. Jankovic won the match in the straight sets by 6-4, 6-4. The match went on for just 96 minutes.

The outcome of the match was surprising. It wasn’t expected as Stosur was higher in world rankings than Jankovic. But, Jankovic put up a great show on the clay courts of Stuttgart and knocked the Australian player out of the competition.

In the post match interview, Jankovic said, “Sam is a very good player on the clay courts and the last time I had played against her on clay courts, she had defeated me. So, that was in the back of my mind. I knew it would be tough for me, but, thankfully, I was in good touch today and the match went in my favour.”

“It always boosts your confidence when you win against a player who is in top 10 in the world rankings. This is certainly the kind of start that I needed. Hopefully, things will go well for me in the further matches as well.”

On the other hand, Stosur was looking totally frustrated. The Australian super star said, “It was really a tough day for me. I didn’t serve well at all and probably didn’t deserve to win.”

“I hadn’t expected myself to be out from the first round, but, it happens sometimes. I will keep working hard and will bounce back in the upcoming tournaments.”

Jankovic broke Stosur’s serve a couple of times in the match, once in each set.

In the first set, the Serbian player got the breakthrough in the 9^th game and then, wrapped up the set by winning her next service game.

In the second set, Stosur dropped her serve in the 3^rd game and never managed to come back after that. Jankovic held her remaining serve and made her way into the second round quite comfortably.

In the second round, Jankovic will face the local girl Sabine Lisicki.

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DUVAL NEXT

Jelena Jankovic will play against Victoria Duval of USA in the second round of the Sony Open on Friday. That will be her opening match in the tournament as she has been given a bye in the first round.

In this season, Jankovic’s performance hasn’t been great so far. She has participated in four tournaments in this season and in three of them, her performance was not up to the mark.

The first tournament in which Jankovic took part this year was Apia International Sydney Tennis Tournament. She got knocked out from the second round of that tournament.

Australian Open was the next tournament for Jankovic. Her performance was below par in that tournament as well. She only managed to reach the third round where she was defeated by her countrywoman Ana Ivanovic.

After performing poorly in her first couple of tournaments in the season, Jankovic came back in her next tournament i.e. WTA Bogota Open tennis championship. She went on to win that competition by securing win over Paula Ormaechea of Argentina. That was the 13^th title won by Jankovic in her career.

Jankovic couldn’t maintain her form in the BNP Paribas Open and got defeated in the second round there.

Duval who will be Jankovic’s opponent on Friday is currently at no. 376 in the official rakings of WTA. She is only 17 years of age and she has not faced too many quality players in her career so far. So, the match against Jankovic will be a huge challenge for her.

When asked if she is excited about Friday’s clash against Jankovic, Duval said, “Yes, off course. I have nothing to lose. I will just go out on the court and enjoy my game.”

“Jelena has been around for more than 10 years now. She has got a whole lot of experience and to face her will be a very hard task for a youngster like me. I am just hoping for the best.”

KUZNETSOVA SNEAKS THROUGH

Jelena Jankovic has been defeated by Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open. Kuznetsova won the match by 0-6, 6-2, 7-5.

The way Kuznetsova had played in the opening set, very few people would have expected her to dominate in the next two sets. But, the Russian player did that. She looked a completely different player after losing the first set. Read more »