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When Tennis Players Ride The Crimson Tide

Barry Petchesky — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:30:00 EDT

Lost in yesterday's huge win for American teenage Melanie Oudin was the loser, former world number one Jelena Jankovic. Turns out she was suffering from a malady you don't normally see on injury reports.

Asked if he she had been suffering from heat stroke or dehydration, Jankovic told reporters "I don't know. It's some woman problems as well. It's not easy being a woman, you know sometimes. All these things happen. What can I do?"

Questioned about whether her monthly cycle had ever affected her so dramatically before in a match, she said: "No, I never had a problem like that in the past. It was my first time experience."

Ahem.

Wimbledon-Jankovic wilts with "woman problems" [Reuters]

Jelena Jankovic Perfects The Art Of Undermining Her Opponent

DAULERIO — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:15:37 EDT

Jelena Jankovic, the split-happy, thunder-serving Serbian may have lost the U.S. Open to Serena Williams yesterday, but she won over some new fans. Williams' third U.S. Open title returned her to the number-one ranking player in the WTA, but that news was overshadowed by the bizarre post-match comments from Jankovic:

The second-ranked Jankovic, who was No. 1 for a week last month, might have lost the match but she won over the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd during the award presentation. She started off by thanking everyone and her drivers. While accepting the runner-up trophy, she said: “I lost my No. 1 ranking. It’s not fair.”

Then, as Williams was being presented with her $1.5 million check, Jankovic asked, “How much did I get?”

The answer, as she would soon find out, was $750,000. “So now I have a lot of money to spend,” she said, laughing, in her news conference. “Tomorrow is my day to go shopping.”

That shopping spree should be interesting. Right now all of the fetish shops in the New York City area are bracing for some big business.

Serena Williams Wins U.S. Open, Returns To No. 1 [NY Times]

Jelena Jankovic Gets Proactive About That Not-So-Fresh Feeling

Clay Travis — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:20:56 EDT

You know, back in the days before I was married it used to take panties coming off to get me excited. Now panties going on does the trick just as well. In related news noted women's right advocate Justin Gimelstob announced that all women should play without panties on the WTA.

Jelena Jankovic is shy [With Leather]
Try not to leer at Jelena Jankovic while she changes her underwear in the middle of the match [The Big Lead]
Jelena Jankovic takes her panties off [Sports Crunch]

Jelena Is Excitable

KOGOD — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:30:00 EDT

Jelena Jankovic defeated the unseeded Alizé Cornet in straight sets to retain her title in the Italian Open before celebrating with a bit of champagne.

In other tennis news, Rafael Nadal just topped Roger Federer in three sets at the Hamburg Masters. Next up for everyone is the looming French Open, the one title that has eluded Federer. Perhaps if he wins it this year, he'll celebrate like Jelena.