Jelena Jankovic

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Venus, Jankovic reach Doha semi-finals

AFP Global Edition 22 days ago

Defending champion Venus Williams reached the semi-finals of the 4.55 million dollar WTA Championships on Friday without hitting a ball The American, who lost two of her three group matches, joined sister Serena in the last four after Svetlana Kuznetsova had defeated ...

Jankovic beats weary Wozniacki to reach semi-final

AFP American Edition 23 days ago

Serbia's Jelena Jankovic reached the semi-finals of the 4.55 million dollar WTA Championships on Friday beating Caroline Wozniacki whose injury-hit campaign returned to haunt her. Jankovic, who made the semi-finals in 2008 just before her elevation to the world number one spot, ...

Tennis ace Safina sees top spot slipping away

AFP American Edition 24 days ago

Dinara Safina's dream of finishing 2009 as world number one suffered a potentially fatal blow on Wednesday when she tearfully quit her WTA Championship opener after only 13 minutes suffering from a back injury. The emotional pullout, at just 1-1 in the ...

Wozniacki wins as Azarenka self-destructs at Doha tennis

AFP American Edition 24 days ago

Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki marked her WTA Championships debut on Wednesday by saving two match points in a 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 win over Victoria Azarenka, who spectacularly pressed the self-destruct button. US Open runner-up Wozniacki, playing for the first time since becoming ...

Serena Williams clinches year-end world number one spot

Reuters US Online Report Sports News 25 days ago

DOHA (Reuters) - American Serena Williams will end the year as world number one for the first time since 2002 after Dinara Safina withdrew from the WTA Championships with a back injury on Wednesday. Williams, who began the elite year-ending tournament 155 ...

Dementieva sends Venus crashing at Doha tennis

AFP Global Edition 25 days ago

Venus Williams wilted in Qatar's desert heat on Tuesday as feisty Russian Elena Dementieva staged a remarkable WTA Championships comeback to defeat the title-holder 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-2. Williams had led 6-3, 3-1 before Dementieva recovered to record only her third win ...

Comeback queen Dementieva sends Venus crashing at Doha tennis

AFP Global Edition 26 days ago

Venus Williams wilted in Qatar's desert heat on Tuesday as feisty Russian Elena Dementieva staged a remarkable WTA Championships comeback to defeat the title-holder 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-2. Williams had led 6-3, 3-1 before Dementieva recovered to record only her third win ...

Inspired Dementieva leaves Venus reeling

Reuters US Online Report Sports News 26 days ago

DOHA (Reuters) - Elena Dementieva lit up the WTA Championships on Tuesday with a sensational comeback to beat title holder Venus Williams 3-6 7-6 6-2 on the opening day of group matches. The tenacious Russian looked down and out when she twice ...

Gloomy Jankovic says she is a shadow of herself

Reuters US Online Report Sports News 26 days ago

DOHA (Reuters) - Jelena Jankovic admitted her game needed a drastic overhaul after an error-strewn 6-2 6-3 defeat by Victoria Azarenka in the opening match of the WTA Championships Tuesday. The gritty Serb, who began the year ranked number one in the ...

Slimmed-down tennis star Jankovic hopeful

AFP Global Edition 27 days ago

Jelena Jankovic, who started 2009 as world number one, but only squeezed into the WTA Championships as the eighth and last qualifier, believes a drastic weight loss programme has helped her cause. The Serbian is also convinced her mother Snezana's improved health, ...

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