Jelena Jankovic is one of my favorite players on the women’s circuit. She’s got a great backhand (an aspect of the game I love), she’s got charisma and energy. Granted, her serve needs a lot of improvement and her lack of mental strength costs her some matches. But I love her game.
ESPN did a story […]
Jelena Jankovic managed to fight back and win the second set to force the third and, after being down 5-0, won the next three games but Serena Williams squelched Jankovic’s comeback try to repeat as the defending champion at the Sony Ericsson Open.
Serena stormed to a one set lead, winning the first 6-1 but Jankovic […]
That sounds like the title of a movie. Wait, that was The Italian Job. Not really the same concept.
Jelena Jankovic is looking for a coach. Even though she said she was going to cut back on the number of tournaments she played this year, she hasn’t really slowed down a lot. Kinda hard to find […]
There has been some ups and downs to start this first quarter of the 2008 season. Probably the one that sticks out the most is Roger Federer’s decline. Well - maybe not decline - how about the narrowing of the gap between him and the minions chasing him? But for today, I’d like to put […]
I think rankings can really get in the way sometimes. As a player, if you get too caught up in where you sit in the top 10 - or the fact that you’re sitting outside the top 10 - it can take your focus off of where it really needs to be.
After the Australian Open, […]
The chips are in and the cards are down. The fortnight at the Australian Open is a closed book, but there are 10 moments from Down Under that were pretty special.
10. No Americans at the Australian Open past the quarterfinals.
I should take that back. There was one American who lost in the semifinals and that […]
I may not like Maria Sharapova too much, but I’m not a complete jerk and I’ll give credit where credit is due. Sharapova rolled No. 1 Justine Henin in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in a dominant 6-4, 6-0 show.
Beating the world’s No. 1 is no easy task, and Sharapova made it look like […]
Two top-seeded tennis players gave convincing shows in the Australian Open quarterfinals to put themselves in a position for a shot at the championship.
No. 3 seed Jelena Jankovic dispatched No. 7 seed Serena Williams in straight sets (6-3, 6-4) to move on to the semi-finals. I watched this match on the tube and Williams shot […]
I took a break from watching reruns and when I came back to my television to watch some live 2008 Australian Open, my cable had stopped working.
What?!? You gotta be kidding me!
Oh no, it wasn’t. Thank goodness for the internet, I guess.
Maria Sharapova and Justine Henin are pretty determined to make this quarterfinal something amazing, aren’t […]
In the middle of the third day at the Australian Open and Serena Williams has just advanced to the third round over Meng Yuan 6-3, 6-1.
“I’m just having fun,” said Williams. “I was here a couple weeks earlier to get used to the conditions, and I’m really just enjoying myself each match.”
No. 11 Tommy Robredo bowed out […]
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Written by Erica Beck [email] for b5media.
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