Jelena Jankovic is an interesting player. She’s a consistent, scrappy, defensive player who just gets it done on the court. Gets it done up to the quarters and semis of just about every tournament she is in anyway.
Jankovic is number two in the world and, had she won the East West Bank Classic, she would […]
Well, it wasn’t the match I was hoping for. It wasn’t anything really. Roger Federer imposed his will on Lleyton Hewitt and ousted the Aussie in straight sets (7-6, 6-2, 6-4) to move into the quarterfinals. Federer looks good, folks. He looks really sharp.
Holy whoa! What have we got going on Court 11?! Fernando […]
With the clay court season abruptly over (much sadness for Nadal & Co.), it’s time for grass. I celebrated the beginning of the grass court season by mowing the lawn. At least that’s what I told myself while I was toiling behind the mower for two hours.
I’m anxious to see who breaks through on the […]
Wow.
What a great semifinal between two really nice players. Not great - I don’t use that term loosely and neither of these players have earned the title of great. But they are good, quite good. And it showed in the knock-down, drag-out fight at Roland Garros.
In the women’s all-Serbian semifinal, it was Ana Ivanovic who […]
Well, it’s late. I’m tired. So this is going to be short, sweet and to the point. Sometimes it’s better that way anyway, right?
It’s going to be a Serbian semifinal match in half of the women’s draw at the French Open. Both Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic advanced to the clay court semis by the […]
What a match! Venus Williams was solidly in control of the match with one set under her belt and on top in the second but Tzipora Obziler fought her way back into it to push the match into three sets.
I saw Venus fall apart in the second set. And then I saw her explode in […]
I know this happened yesterday which makes me way late in talking about it, but I couldn’t let it slip completely by without acknowledging Jelena Jankovic’s title win at the Italian Open. Jankovic downed Alize Cornet 6-2, 6-2 in the final to defend her championship title from a year ago.
I watched some of this match […]
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 […]
It’s been quite awhile since we’ve had a clash of this nature: Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova will be facing each other in the quarterfinals of the Family Circle Cup. Lately, those big clashes that have been forecast usually end up being duds. Hopefully this one isn’t one of those.
Serena has had Sharapova’s number as […]
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 […]
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Written by Erica Beck [email] for b5media.
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