Agnieszka Radwanska and Jelena Jankovic headline next week’s BMW Malaysian Open with both receiving late wildcards into the event. The quality of the draw is not particularly strong and it seems a shrewd move from both Radwanska and Jankovic to scoop easy ranking points. Radwanska opens up her campaign against Akgul Amanmuradova and based on…
Ana Ivanovic This week’s tournament in Dubai has seen its fair share of withdrawals with Victoria Azarenka pulling out of the tournament today (as I had suspected!) and joining the likes of Petra Kvitova, Li Na and Vera Zvonareva on the sidelines. However as the second round of action wrapped on Wednesday, all remaining five…
Jelena Jankovic Jelena Jankovic enjoyed a straightforward victory over Petra Cetkovska, 6-2 6-2 in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships. In truth, Jankovic was not tested by Cetkovska, who hit 10 double faults throughout the lacklustre 73-minute contest. The most exciting moment was when the umpire, Mohammed Layani called Jelena “Mr Jankovic”…
Kim Clijsters produced an incredibly gutsy performance to fight off a worrying ankle injury and 4 match points to topple Li Na in a 4-6 7-6 6-4 victory. It will be difficult for any match in 2012 to top the drama and tension that this 4th round match provided. It looked to be all over…
Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki and Jelena Jankovic both had comprehensive wins on day 5 to set up an enticing 4th round clash. Wozniacki beat Monica Niculescu, 6-2 6-2 and displayed some attacking intent with 23 winners and 25 net approaches of which she was successful 15 times. Jelena Jankovic was even more comfortable in victory…
Francesca Schiavone saved 2 match points to beat Jelena Jankovic, 5-7 7-6 6-3 and advance to the semi-finals. I mentioned yesterday that I was hoping for more drama and sure enough, they delivered up a treat! Jankovic wasted so many chances in this match; she was up 7-5 4-3 and then had 2 match points…
Sam Stosur The engines are revving for 2012 as the first draw of the season was finally released on Friday night for the Premier event in Brisbane. The draw looks very uneven with four big names all found in the top half of the draw. Sam Stosur is the number one seed and has a…
15. Andrea Petkovic d. Jelena Jankovic 2-6 6-2 6-4 (Miami) This was one of a number of excellent matches that littered the draw of Miami this year. Petkovic and Jankovic fought out in the quarter-finals in what was their first ever encounter against each other. The first two sets were good although they were not…
Here is my countdown of my favourite 20 matches on the WTA circuit in 2011. There are some obvious choices, but also some very obscure ones which many will probably disagree with but its a subjective matter! The best matches for me have not necessarily included the best tennis, but are ones that I remember…
Petra Kvitova defeated Jelena Jankovic, 4-6 6-4 6-3 in a terrific semi-final in Linz. I thought this would be a comfortable victory for Kvitova much like her 6-2 6-2 quarter-final win over Daniela Hantuchova yesterday, but I underestimated how good Jankovic’s defence is and how she can make her opponent play one more ball. Jankovic…
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