Fatigue, illness, injury, bad patch--whatever it is, it rarely keeps Jelena Jankovic from being a fighter! Tonight was no exception. Down 1-5 in the third set against Sofia Arvidsson, Jankovic broke her opponent twice to get to 5-all. Then it went to 6-all, and Jankovic found herself down 3-6 in the tiebreak.
She then saved five match points, and at 9-10, broke Arvidsson, and won the match on her second match point.
Credit to Arvidsson, who is having an excellent 2008 season, kind of out of nowhere.
Jankovic def. Arvidsson, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6
Tennis Channel was supposed to have shown tennis for five hours tonight, but all they showed was the "live" Federer-Monfils match, and even that was a somewhat delayed broadcast.
2 comments:
hi Diane
did you manage to survive the momo vs peng thriller alright? I'm so glad that momo was able to come back fighting at the end...it could've so easily been 6-4 to pend in the third!
this will definately give her more confidence and lets hope this is the turning point for the season.
take cares
Dan
I wasn't "watching" that one as closely--I forget why--but I was quite relieved when I saw how it came out. I felt the same way--that this win might give Amelie some badly needed confidence.
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