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.

【HD】Ivanovic vs Jankovic Highlights (Indian Wells 2011)

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Jelena Jankovic HD Practice (Mini tennis)

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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 »

Svetlana Kuznetsova vs Jelena Jankovic 2009 Rome Highlights

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JANKOVIC LOSES OUT

Jelena Jankovic has been defeated by her compatriot Ana Ivanovic in the third round of the Australian Open 2013. Ivanovic won the match in the straight sets by 7-5, 6-3. With the help of this comfortable win, Ivanovic reached the pre quarter final round.

There is not much difference in the world rankings of these two players and a tight contest was anticipated by the crowd. But, that didn’t happen. It was Ivanovic who dominated for most parts of the match and pulled off an easy victory.

Ivanovic started pretty well. With a serve break in the third game of the first set, she got ahead by 2-1. The next three games went with the serve and at the end of the sixth game; Ivanovic was leading by 4-2.

Jankovic’s service was broken again in the seventh game. Ivanovic was serving for the set in the 8^th game, but, she didn’t manage to serve it out. She dropped her serve and the lead was reduced to 3-5.

Jankovic equalized the scores with another serve break in the 10^th game. The set seemed to be going towards the tie breaker, but, that wasn’t the case to be. Ivanovic got yet another breakthrough in the 11^th game and then, by holding her serve in the next game, she won the first set.

In the second set, Ivanovic held her entire serve and broke Jankovic’s service in the third and the ninth game to win the set by 6-3.

In the next match, Ivanovic will take on Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland. Radwanska has been in great form recently and she has won her last 12 games on the trot. So, it’s not going to be easy for Ivanovic to go past Radwanska.

Ivanovic and Radwanska have played against each other 7 times before.  Out of those 7 matches, Ivanovic won 3 and lost 4.