Safina the beneficiary of a failed system
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...before hitting that landmark ranking. The others are Marcelo Rios (ATP), Amelie Mauresmo, Kim Clijsters, and Jelena Jankovic. That four of those players labor for the WTA is telling. For one thing, it suggests...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 20, 2009Threesome dig their way out of tailspin
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comThis weekend was about resurrection, in more ways than one. In tennis, three former world No. 1 players, two of whom had been written off by many as l...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 13, 2009Five imperative questions heading into the clay
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...is a far more fit and confident guy than he was 12 months ago. 3. Can Jelena Jankovic find her game again? Jankovic finished at the top of the rankings last year without having...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 10, 2009"Top" WTA players failing to seize the opportunity
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...yes -- theoretically, there's Venus and Serena Williams, followed pretty closely by Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic, Elena Dementieva, Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova. I could give you a snapshot of certain records...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 16, 2009Be grateful Williams sisters rivalry is intensifying
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...played in the Billie Jean King Cup, an exhibition staged in Madison Square Garden. They beat Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic, respectively, in one-set, no-ad scoring semifinals to face off against each...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 03, 2009Can sensational Serbs stop the slide?
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Garros in the first week of June 2007. Surely you remember: Novak Djokovic, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic captured our hearts and minds as they suddenly turned their war-torn, small, off-the-tennis...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 15, 2009If you can't stand the heat ...
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...some of the women: This is going to be a lot tougher than I expected … Jelena Jankovic has been worried about her feet burning up. Serena Williams has looked lethargic, and seems poised...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 23, 2009No BCS controversy in tennis
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...injustice -- is downright mind-blowing. What's tennis version of the BCS controversy? Well, how about Jelena Jankovic being ranked No. 1 (and declared the 2008 ITF World Champion) without having won a Grand...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 09, 2009Krajicek, Lisicki have big games, bigger potential
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...IMG Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, I had a chance to watch a slew of players, including Jelena Jankovic, Kei Nishikori, Sabine Lisicki, Ivo Karlovic and Michaella Krajicek. It was a feast for a tennis...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 22, 2008This St. Nick has been delivering for three decades
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...running -- nothing new in that, because he'd be in the running every year. In 2008, Jelena Jankovic -- a Bollettieri protégée -- is the year-end WTA No. 1. She joins...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 19, 2008Twilight Zone headline grabbers
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...called the exception that proves the rule: The Stuttgart champ and current WTA world No. 1, Jelena Jankovic. Given the way the fall has gone these past few years, it's refreshing to see...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 06, 2008Fall results will have a significant impact
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...a possibility, given the three big winners last week were Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Andy Roddick and Jelena Jankovic. Tsonga fired the loudest shot across the bow of his peers, for reasons that have a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 29, 2008It's up to the players to make Roadmap work
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...built bank accounts and ranking points by playing more events than the stars (can you say, "Jelena Jankovic?") will not be allowed to play as many lesser events. On paper, this sounds great, although...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2008Federer is just fine
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...how to volley and moves very well for a man of his size (6-5). 4. Jelena Jankovic just might single-handedly bring the joy back to pro tennis. Did you catch the way...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 09, 2008Don't discount Jelena just yet
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comYou could be forgiven for wondering if Jelena Jankovic took Saturday's rainout of the U.S. Open women's final less as a chance...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 07, 2008TOP SEARCHES IN OCTOBER
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