Quite a character
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- September
- 6
After two nights of thrilling tennis, everyone can take a deep breath today. Even USA, which just finished the Roddick-Federer replay, is now showing a replay of Venus-Jankovic instead of live tennis.
Since I honestly don’t have much to say about David Ferrer and
Juan Ignacio Chela — except that I hope USA gets around to showing the match — I also will look back to last night, and an unique performance from Jelena Jankovic.
I can’t remember ever seeing a player who smiled so much, who was so quick to applaud her opponent, who performed dangerous acts seemingly just to please the crowd (I’m thinking of the two splits), and who talked to the spectators — including an amused Jerry Seinfeld — during the most intense match of the women’s tournament.
Oh yeah — in marked contrast to, well, anyone who lost a match, Jankovic stayed on court afterwards to do an on-court interview and praise her opponent. She continued to joke and laugh during her press conference. Here’s what she had to say about it:
“I love when they have a lot of supporters. They were asking, What am I talking to the crowd? They go like, Jelena, we love your smile. I’m like, But, yeah, it doesn’t help me return her serve (laughter). It’s always funny. It’s quite entertaining.
I think you have to have fun sometimes on the court. I don’t think you have to always be so serious like some of the players are. You have to enjoy it. So this is what I’m doing, having a lot of fun on the court.”
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on Thursday, September 6th, 2007 at 12:16 pm by Harold Gutmann.
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