Archive for category: Jelena Jankovic
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Ivanovic and Cibulkova Win in Straight Sets, Enter US Open 3rd Round
12th seed Ana Ivanovic made light work of her opponent Sofia Arvidsson, advancing to the 3rd round with a 6-2 6-2 victory. The 24 year old is coming into the tournament with a 25-15 record for the season. Once ranked no. 1 four years ago, Ivanovic has struggled at times [...] -
Jankovic and Kerber Breeze through US Open 1st Round Matches
6th seed Angelique Kerber and 30th seed Jelena Jankovic had no trouble at all in their 1st round matches today in Flushing Meadows. Kerber was up first and playing against Anne Keothavong of Great Britain. The German set the pace early, giving no time for the veteran Keothavong to find her [...] -
Vinci takes Dallas trophy after beating Jankovic in final
Third seed Roberta Vinci overcomes second-seeded Jelena Jankovic in an exciting more than two hours long 2012 Texas Open final match. End score: 7-5, 6-3. This was a seventh WTA cup 29-years old Italian Vinci raised in her career, and the first one this season. As she admitted in her [...] -
Jankovic to play Vinci for Texas Open Trophy
No surprises in 2012 Dallas semifinals as both Roberta Vinci and Jelena Jankovic finish off their unseeded opponents in two straight sets. Unseeded Serbian player Bojana Jovanovski will be leaving Texas Open in Dallas with mixed feelings. On one hand, she reached semifinal of a WTA tournament, on the other [...] -
Dellacqua knocks out Wozniak in Dallas, plays Jankovic in semis
The Australian player, Casey Dellacqua, who is number 106 on the WTA’s rankings list and who caused quite a sensation at the Texas Tennis Open being played in Dallas this week when she ousted the tournament’s number four seed, the hard hitting Belgian Yanina Wickmayer (ranked 28), 6-4 6-4, had [...] -
Jankovic and Cirstea through to quarterfinals in Dallas
In the final warm up before the start of the US Open this coming Monday, some of the WTA’s top players decided not to take a week off, but to keep competing in the hope of getting in some good match practice. This seems to have been a good strategy [...] -
Peng beats Jankovic in a thriller, Goerges ousts Peer in Cincinnati
Former world no.1 Jelena Jankovic won’t have very good memories on Monday night in Cincinnati. China’s Peng Shuai defeated her in the first round after a three set thriller, winning 5-7 7-5 7-6 (8). Jankovic has also lost in the opening round of last week’s Rogers Cup in Montreal, going [...] -
Cincinnati Western and Southern Open 2012 WTA Draw Preview and Analysis
With the hardcourt season well underway, the WTA’s top players are eyeing the trophy in Cincinnati en route to the US Open. Following her Olympic gold medal, 2nd seed Serena Williams will return to action here and could set up a number of interesting matchups in the quarterfinal and semifinal [...] -
Cibulkova, Jankovic, Lisicki out of WTA Rogers Cup in Montreal
Several seeded players fell in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, setting up some intriguing 3rd round matchups. 15th seed Sabine Lisicki was the first to be eliminated following a three set battle against world no. 44 Carla Suarez Navarro. Lisicki fought through the first set, taking [...] -
Vinci crushes Ivanovic without dropping a game in Montreal
One of the home crowd’s favourites and hope for the singles title at the 2012 edition of the Rogers Cup being played at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal this year, Aleksandra Wozniak downed formed world number one and 13th seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in just an hour and a [...] -
Serena Williams beats Jankovic in the first round of the Olympics
Serena Williams marched into the second round of the Olympic games after defeating former world no.1 Jelena Jankovic with a very convincing scoreline 6-3 6-1. Williams is aiming to win her first Olympic singles gold, she has got two gold medals from the doubles competition. The American has just won [...] -
Cibulkova wins, Jankovic out of Carlsbad
Slovak Dominika Cibulkova makes it through to the semifinals, while Serb Jelena Jankovic suffers an unexpected loss in the quarterfinals of 2012 Mercury Insurance Open in Carlsbad, USA. Second-seeded Cibulkova defeated last year champion’s younger sister Urszula Radwanska from Poland in two somewhat identical sets. The final result: 6-4, 6-4. [...] -
Jankovic hoping for Career Resurgence at Edgbaston
Due to compete in the grass court tournament at Edgbaston where she was successful five years ago, former world number 1 Jelena Jankovic is hoping for a career resurgence ahead of the Wimbledon Championships and the London Olympic event. Plagued by injuries this season, Jankovic has been granted a wildcard [...]
