Australian Open Tennis 2011 Contenders - Jelena Jankovic
Jelena Jankovic is a top class player but so far has been unable to claim the elusive Grand Slam victory, she has been World No.1 before so is clearly a classy player but is not in that kind of form at the moment. Jankovic is always a danger in the draw and that will be same in Melbourne in 2011 but she is likely to come up short when tested against the very best towards the latter stages of the tournament.
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In 2008 she won four titles and was runner up in two others, plus she was runner up to Serena Williams in the US Open. She has a career total of 10 top tier wins on the LTA Tour and has a further twelve runners-up performances. Her other Grand Slam performance’s in 2008 show that she was a semi finalist here, a semi finalist at the French Open and a fourth round loser at Wimbledon.
Jelena is principally a defensive player, known as a counter-puncher in tennis. She is one of the few players who can slide on all surfaces further enhancing her defensive abilities. In 2007 she played more matches than any other ranked player and still maintained her world ranking of third, which again is further testament to her fitness and stamina. She has great ground stroke consistency and has an explosive two handed backhand down the line passing shot.
Her weakness is her serve, she likes to spin it in on both her first and second serves which makes her very attackable, particularly from base line players. She gets broken far more than she needs to and this weakness could prevent her from ever winning consistently.
