Jelena Jankovic has retired injured from the Slovenia Open yesterday. Jankovic was cruising at 6-1, 2-1 against qualifier Anastasiya Yakimova then stepped awkwardly when chasing a ball on the baseline and twisted her ankle. Jankovic continued to play after getting medical help, but lost that set 6-3 and eventually retired after losing the first game of the third.

And so both Serbian “sisters” go out in the first round. But while there was nothing particularly shocking about Ivanovic’s loss – since it came to Petrova, last year’s finalist and possessor of the kind of power serve you expect to be successful on grass – Jankovic’s loss is pretty shocking. Although Chakvetadze is a [...]

Svetlana Kuznetsova’s 6-4 6-2 drubbing of a tight Dinara Safina in the French Open final served as a particularly unfitting conclusion to what was one of the most enjoyable majors in recent years.  Coming back from a relatively bland 2008 edition, where the story of choice was who wasn’t playing, the 2009 event was at [...]

Chinese brand ANTA has officially released their new dress which Jelena Jankovic will be wearing throughout the 2009 French Open starting in just over a day. It is going to be very interesting to see how this dress looks in real life away from all the special affects in this picture above.

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour has released the official 2008 season-ending tennis rankings. Jelena Jankovic has ended the tennis year as the number one tennis player in the world, followed by Serena Williams, Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, and Ana Ivanovic. 2007 POINTS DROPPED ON NOVEMBER 10: Madrid (SEC) Top 20 Rankings (November 10, 2008) 1. [...]

Serena Williams has lost in the second round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, which will see Jelena Jankovic now be the number one player in the world. Li Na was the lady who beat Williams in the second round 0-6 6-1 6-4. Previously, we wrote about Carlos Rodriguez and his thoughts on [...]

Name: Jelena Jankovic Country: Serbia Birthdate: February 28, 1985 Birthplace: Belgrade, Serbia then SFR Yugoslavia Residence: Bradenton, Florida Plays: Right-handed with a double handed backhand Height: 177 cm or 5ft 9.5in Website: www.jelenajankovic.net Scouting: Jelena is one of the best female tennis players in the world. Jelena has great ground strokes on both sites and [...]