WTA Tour - Jankovic downs Venus in Stuttgart

Eurosport - Sun, 05 Oct 14:33:00 2008

Jelena Jankovic won a fierce scrap with Venus Williams 6-7 7-5 6-2 to set up a Stuttgart Grand Prix final against Nadia Petrova.

TENNIS Jelena Jankovic Serbia - 0

Serb Jankovic, seeded second but already assured of taking over as world number one on Monday, edged a classic encounter with the sixth-seeded American in two hours 45 minutes, despite being hampered by a foot problem.

Unseeded Russian Petrova's 6-4 6-4 victory over Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the opening semi-final was straightforward by comparison.

Petrova, the 2006 champion, caught Azarenka cold, building a 4-0 lead before her unseeded opponent fought back.

Azarenka recovered one break and had Petrova under pressure again in her next service game before two huge aces pulled the Russian out of trouble.

Petrova then took control of the second set and clinched victory in 90 minutes.

Jankovic had come through a tough match against Vera Zvonareva of Russia on Friday night and at the start of Saturday's semi-final Williams looked fresher.

The American snatched the first set 10-8 on a tiebreak and it was all Jankovic could do to hang on in the second.

She made the breakthrough in game 12 by forcing a set-point against serve. Williams saved it before a terrible forehand into the net gave Jankovic another chance.

The Serb dashed across court to chase down a weak volley and forced a deciding set with a forehand pass that clipped the outside of the line.

Jankovic broke Williams at the start of the third set and saved a series of break points to keep the advantage.

Williams, serving at 2-5, put an approach into the net to give Jankovic two match-points and she took the second of them as the American overhit another approach.

"I needed two injections just to play so it's thanks to my doctor I'm in the final," Jankovic said.

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  1. well well well...look who have admitted themselves for­ being childist. see, i told you guys that the truth­ will come and my guess is right, right? thank God they­ have got back to real life. hopefully they are keep it­ that way, otherwise they should be injected by the­ rabies serum again in the himalayas. have poorman3000,­ the homosexx, packed along with them when it happened

    From Serranno, on Sat 4 Oct 8:15PM

  2. well well well...look who have admitted themselves for­ being childist. see, i told you guys that the truth­ will come and my guess is right, right? thank God they­ have got back to real life. hopefully they are keep it­ that way, otherwise they should be injected by the­ rabies serum again in the himalayas. have poorman3000,­ the homosexx, packed along with them when it happened

    From Serranno, on Sat 4 Oct 8:15PM

  3. well well well...look who have admitted themselves for­ being childist. see, i told you guys that the truth­ will come and my guess is right, right? thank God they­ have got back to real life. hopefully they are keep it­ that way, otherwise they should be injected by the­ rabies serum again in the himalayas. have poorman3000­ the homosexx packed along with them when it happened

    From Serranno, on Sat 4 Oct 8:14PM

  4. Congratulations to Jelena, great victory. I think it­ was bit unfair why Venus take so much time to catch her­ breath. I know she is no in form like Jankovic, and­ let's face she is not so fit for this tempo of­ game, but that doesn't give her right to keep the­ ball sooooo loooong. I think judge should pay attention­ more to that. But I knew Jankovic will win in 3rd set­ because when EVER Williams comes to 3rd set she lose,­ she is just not for such long game, from last 6 times­ they played together Jankovic won 5 times, so I think­ Jelena knew she needs to keep her long on court and she­ will win. It was great match, well done both of them,­ and hope to see Jankovic wining 2nd title in 2 weeks­ !!!!!!

    From neboyshac, on Sat 4 Oct 8:13PM

  5. poorman3000, you are just as low as us. i definitely­ sure that you are a hombre who like your asss being­ fuccked up all the time. let us lend you our vibrator­ rather than commenting on dirty words on the Williams.

    From errattiic.results, on Sat 4 Oct 8:09PM

  6. poorman3000, you are just as low as us. i definitely­ sure that you are a hombre who like your asss being­ fuccked up all the time. let us lend you our vibrator­ rather than commenting on dirty words on the Williams.

    From errattiic.results, on Sat 4 Oct 8:09PM

  7. 61, are you blind or what. you are talking about good­ example in tennis, but you don't see all the unfair­ play by JJ which even critizied the commentators for­ being coached, while V was kept passion and sportive.­ We are sorry for being insane lesbo racist. Why­ don't you act like one as well, stupid. think­ before you type to avoid stupidity on your own

    From errattiic.results, on Sat 4 Oct 8:05PM

  8. 61, are you blind or what. you are talking about good­ example in tennis, but you don't see all the unfair­ play by JJ which even critizied the commentators for­ being coached, while V was kept passion and sportive.­ We are sorry for being insane lesbo racist. Why­ don't you act like one as well, stupid. think­ before you type to avoid stupidity on your own

    From errattiic.results, on Sat 4 Oct 8:04PM

  9. Today's match has opened up my eyes that JJ is not­ a sportive person being coached. Hey 61, if you­ don't like the roars, why don't you mention­ sharapova as well. Don't be a racist lesbos like­ us. We can be understandable that we have just returned­ from the Himalayas being injected like JJ. Do you want­ to get rabies injection as well?

    From errattiic.results, on Sat 4 Oct 8:00PM

  10. boki, boki znamo li se? pita jancica ((: ovde ima vise­ cigana nego kod nas, je l' da?

    From Emilija Jana, on Sat 4 Oct 7:55PM

  11. Williams sisters are not good for tennis at all. All­ they do is play very agressive and roar like animals­ ,pump muscles in the air,and threat the referees.They­ give the worst example of behaviour on the court .They­ don't respect the other players.Jelena is on the­ oppiste site. She is very positive person allways­ applauding the other player even if she's losing

    From peniupenev, on Sat 4 Oct 7:55PM

  12. Correct...I am sorry to Yvonne, okeonyenk, and­ serrannos (with double rr, not the faked triple r) for­ being racist. We agree that Venus is the best in­ Stuttgart. We are just being to lesbo to talk. Sorry­ again readers. Just ignore us. Serrannos is right, we­ are just a bunch of garbage ku klux klan in modern era­ and being childest to use faked ID of serrrannos.­ Please ignore the one with tripe r going forward. The­ real patriotic one is serrannos (with double r).

    From yekaterinabellle, on Sat 4 Oct 7:46PM

  13. Correct...I am sorry to Yvonne, okeonyenk, and­ serrannos (with double rr, not the faked triple r) for­ being racist. We agree that Venus is the best in­ Stuttgart. We are just being to lesbo to talk. Sorry­ again readers. Just ignore us. Serrannos is right, we­ are just a bunch of garbage ku klux klan in modern era­ and being childest to use faked ID of serrrannos.­ Please ignore the one with tripe r going forward. The­ real patriotic one is serrannos (with double r).

    From yekaterinabellle, on Sat 4 Oct 7:46PM

  14. Me along with my lesbo pales errattiic & yekaterina­ would like to say sorry for all readers for being­ childist using seRRRannos to hurt seRRannos in term of­ our mad, insane, racism on the Williams Sisters. Our­ eyes have opened now to see how passion Venus to see­ the unfair JJ being coached all the time. We are­ definitely sure that she don't deserve number 1.­ Once again, we're sorry and the next time you guys­ see us do the childist, then that's the time when­ our rabies came back to our head and we need to be­ injected like JJ.

    From merriitt686, on Sat 4 Oct 7:40PM

  15. Me along with my lesbo pales errattiic & yekaterina­ would like to say sorry for all readers for being­ childist using seRRRannos to hurt seRRannos in term of­ our mad, insane, racism on the Williams Sisters. Our­ eyes have opened now to see how passion Venus to see­ the unfair JJ being coached all the time. We are­ definitely sure that she don't deserve number 1.­ Once again, we're sorry and the next time you guys­ see us do the childist, then that's the time when­ our rabies came back to our head and we need to be­ injected like JJ.

    From merriitt686, on Sat 4 Oct 7:39PM

  16. JJ, go! A big congratulations to you!

    From Vladan, on Sat 4 Oct 7:24PM

  17. for Emilija Jana, your coment is ok and pozdrav za­ jancicu

    From boki, on Sat 4 Oct 7:24PM

  18. Bravo Jelena!!! You've finally shown them that­ their invincible Williams sisters aren't so­ invincible after all. :)

    And btw, Jelena's coach­ won't be so upset tommorrow because Nadia Petrova­ probably wont be gasping for air after each serve and­ having to enormous breaks (which are also a violation­ of the rules) in order to serve again.

    From Jovana, on Sat 4 Oct 7:11PM

  19. Venus has so many grand slams and that's what­ counts! She won Wimbledon this year for the 5th time!­ She looks great and will always look great! Serena has­ 9 grand slams and she won the US open! She also looks­ great! WE love meat on the @#$% and full chest! If u­ don't ur choice, move on! Believe me, Venus is­ reserved...If it were Serena on court and Jankovic team­ behaved like they did, she would have been wacked 60,­ 60! Serena doesn't play stupid games! Venus just­ ignored them and they looked cheap really! Way to go­ Venus, am so proud of ya!

    From Vic M, on Sat 4 Oct 7:10PM

  20. Great match JELENA! CONGRATS! One more step to beat­ Nadia and that red porshe will go with your shoes! You­ are an awesome player on tour!

    From vladhaj, on Sat 4 Oct 7:10PM
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