The final for the 2015 Prudential Hong Kong is all set for Sunday with the number two seed, Angelique Kerber to play the number four seed, Jelena Jankovic in what will be a third match-up between the pair this year. Although the WTA have stated that Kerber needs to win the title in Hong Kong…
For the first time since 2012, Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic will meet on the WTA tour. The pair have enjoyed a really fun head-to-head, splitting their 12 previous encounters. This is a hugeeee match for Venus in terms of qualification for the WTA Finals in Singapore. The wildcards for Moscow, the final Premier event…
I’ve been focussing my blogging attention on Linz this week as it’s the only tournament in my timezone so I can actually watch some of the matches in the evening. However, the most attractive of the quarter-final line-ups is over in Hong Kong where the draw has really held up and holds much intrigue with…
1. Dominika Cibulkova v Jelena Jankovic (Beijing, R1) The final match on the National Tennis Stadium in Beijing on Sunday will feature an all unseeded clash between Dominika Cibulkova and Jelena Jankovic. JJ leads the head-to-head, 3-1 although the pair haven’t played since 2009 when Jankovic won 6-1 6-1 on the clay courts of Stuttgart.…
After Maria Sharapova pulled out of the tournament, it left a pretty gaping hole in the top half of the draw. First round action on day one has chucked the second quarter (and parts of the first too) into a blender as seed after seed departed. The first to go was Ana Ivanovic, who was…
For the second consecutive week, Simona Halep and Jelena Jankovic will play each other on the WTA tour… but this time it’s in a semi-final. I’m bowled over by Halep’s efforts this week. The Romanian player, who will seal the number two seed at the US Open with a win here, played five matches last…
Thursday is my tennis day where I actually get on the tennis court rather than watching the pros do their thing. I missed the first two sets and a half but did see the end of the third round match in Cincy between Jelena Jankovic and Karolina Pliskova which was pretty noteworthy. Jankovic saved a…
NEW MATCH-UP ALERT! For the first time on the WTA tour, Karolina Pliskova and Jelena Jankovic will play each other in third round action in Cincinnati. Both players won their matches on Wednesday in straight sets. For Pliskova, it was her first match of the week after having a bye in the first round. I…
1. Jelena Jankovic v Madison Keys (Cincy, R2) After missing Toronto with a wrist injury, Madison Keys returned to action in Cincy with a superb victory over Timea Bacsinszky, 6-4 6-3. Keys overturned her loss at the French Open to inflict a third straight defeat for Bacsinszky who hasn’t won since Wimbledon. Keys will play…
After the rain on Monday, there has been plentyyy of tennis to get stuck into on Tuesday. In the first match on Centre Court, Jelena Jankovic defeated Caroline Garcia in straight sets, 7-6(4) 6-2. The first set didn’t feature a break point! After Garcia’s wayward loss to Nicole Gibbs in Stanford, this was an improved…
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