Jankovic avenges New York defeat

Eurosport - Tue, 20 Oct 19:26:00 2009

Champion Jelena Jankovic avenged one of her most painful losses this year when she beat Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova 6-4 5-7 6-1 in the first round of the Kremlin Cup.

Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, returns a shot to Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan during the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow, Russia - 0

Russian-born Kazakh Shvedova stunned the former world number one in the second round of the US Open last month but the Serbian was in no mood to surrender a second time.

"I knew what to expect from her," the world number nine said. "At the US Open she played a match of her life while I was at my lowest level - my grandmother died on that day.

"I knew she could serve well and hit the ball well but today I played better," added Jankovic, who is battling with Russia's Vera Zvonareva and Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska for the last remaining spot at next week's season-ending tournament in Doha.

After splitting the first two sets, second-seeded Jankovic raced through the decider to seal the win and will face Czech Lucie Safarova for a place in the quarter-finals.

World number seven Zvonareva, who trails Jankovic by five points in the race to Doha, crushed Romania's Ioana Raluca Olaru 6-2 6-2 in the last match on centre court, while Radwanska meets Russia's Maria Kirilenko in the first-round action on Wednesday.

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  1. Good for her to get this win but geez can Jankovic ever­ learn to accept defeat and give her opponent the­ credit!!!

    Her grandmother died on that day!!! While­ this is sad news to hear and I am sorry for her I just­ can't help but think this is classic Jankovic­ speaking. She loses a match and the excuses never­ stops!!!

    From *~*Kennedy*~*, on Wed 21 Oct 6:44PM

  2. Nice and sweet revenge! Bravo Jeco, you blew her away­ at the start and you shew her who is who.

    From mirjanav2000, on Wed 21 Oct 12:05PM

  3. she is lucky Yari is not on her game and she needed­ three sets to beat an ou of form Shvedova.

    From susan, on Wed 21 Oct 10:38AM

  4. Ray I didn’t see your post on any recent Nadal`s topic.­ I wonder why you put his picture as your avatar, when­ he’s having more support from me, you know ..

    From Igor K, on Wed 21 Oct 8:08AM

  5. Go J.J.! I believe she have a few more avenges to make­ ?! Idemo, Jelena!

    From tanyonne, on Wed 21 Oct 7:20AM

  6. where is Kim Clijsters?

    From CHUKWUDI A, on Wed 21 Oct 5:55AM

  7. Believe me VaJJ will never get past Alisa K. She will­ be riddled with too many injuries, one popping out­ after another. I'm betting my 5th extremity again­ on this Igor K.

    From Ray V, on Wed 21 Oct 12:24AM
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    As I've suggested in (free-on-the-web) verse,­ females should play TABLE tennis, which puts far less­ stress on the racket/bat arm.

    From David Franks: Walkabouts Verse, on Tue 20 Oct 10:19PM

  9. Opera she looked then like nothing can stop her..­ amasing play it was.. I`m sure she could do simmilar­ things in the future.

    From Igor K, on Tue 20 Oct 10:06PM

  10. Nice one. I remember this time last year when she had a­ 3 tournament winning streak this among. Shame she has­ had a bad season, but at least she won some nice titles­ and hopefully can go out with a bang by winning this­ aswell. Her injury worries me though x

    From opera.aria, on Tue 20 Oct 9:36PM

  11. Bravo Jeco :-)

    From Igor K, on Tue 20 Oct 9:16PM
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