June Archives

June 1st 2002: Great win for Jelena in the third round today as she defeated Elena Likhovtseva 6-2, 6-3! Next up for her will be Emilie Loit or Katerina Srebotnik

June 2nd 2002: You can read Todd's excellent weekly review here for the mid Roland-Garros report! Also, Jelena will finally face Katerina Srebotnik in the 4th round..  And finally for now, you can read Jelena's post-match interview here!

June 2nd 2002: Jelena reached her first career French Open quarterfinal today when she eliminated Katerina rebotnik 7-6, 6-2.. After struggling to take any advantage in the first set, Jelena finally was able to win the tie-break 7-3 and move to quarters after an easy second set.. Next up for Jelena is either Jennifer Capriati or Patty Schnyder..

June 3rd 2002: Jelena will finally face #1 seed and player in the world Jennifer Capriati in the quarterfinals of the French Open, best of luck! Also, you can have another chance of chatting with Jelena, simply go here at 3PM (CET) today...And finally, you can read Jelena's post-match interview here..

June 4th 2002: Jelena will play the fourth match on centre court today in Paris when she faces Jennifer Capriati!:) Good luck to her!

June 4th 2002: Sadly, Jelena was unable to give Jennifer Capriati a solid run in the third set today.. a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 loss against the #1 player in the world..

June 5th 2002: You can read Jelena's post-match press conference here and an article here.. There were not so many details about the match but still!:) Also, in the next few days, photos and more will be added from the French Open! Finally, big thanks to the 10,000+ visitors who were on this page yesterday!:) Oh, and Jelena should be playing next week in Birmingham followed by Eastbourne and Wimbledon!:)

June 8th 2002: In a survey done by French issue of "Tennis Magazin", Jelena ranked as the third sexiest player (Kournikova was way ahead of both Hingis and Jelena)..

June 9th 2002: Jelena is the #1 seed this week in Birmingham.. you can see her complete draw here!

June 10th 2002: Wow, long update today as I uploaded some latest photos of Nicolas Meunier, the outstanding photograph who also provided us photos from the Open Gaz de France in Paris this year..  great guy really:) Anyway, oyu can also check his website here! Check the gallery section for photos:)

June 10th 2002: Glyn is back with his preview for this week's tournament, the DFS classic played in Birmingham, UK. Read it here. By the way, Jelena improved to #8 in the singles rankings this week thanks to her quarterfinal in Paris. However, she lost 13 places in doubles (to #25) due to her decision not to play...

June 10th 2002: You can now read Todd's column here! While Glyn predicted a title for Jelena, Todd thinks she will manage to make semis..! Oh and by the way, Jelena decided to not enter doubles once again this week..

June 12th 2002: Jelena had some difficulties but finally got through with a 7-6, 6-4 win over world #180 Lucie Ahl..!! She was able to come back from 3-5 in the first set! Next up for Jelena will be either Elena Likhovtseva or Cara Black!

June 13th 2002: Solid win for Jelena today in the third round in Birmingham as she advanced with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Russia's Elena Likhovtseva.. next up for her will be Eleni Daniilidou!

June 14th 2002: You can read a preview of Jelena's quarterfinal match against Eleni Daniilidou here!

June 14th 2002: Jelena reached the semifinals of the DFS classic today with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win over Eleni Daniilidou who was not an easy opponent... Daniilidou took an early lead in the first set and then a 5-1 lead in the second set (lead that she almost lost!) and the third set was thightly fought but Jelena prevailed in the end! Next up will be #8 seed Lisa Raymond

June 15th 2002: Jelena is playing her semifinal match today against American Lisa Raymond, read Gerhard's preview here!:) The match is the second one scheduled on centre court (first one starts at 1PM local time)

June 15th 2002: Wow, Jelena reached the DFS classic final today with a 6-1, 7-5 in her semifinal matchup with American Lisa Raymond! Next up will be Russian Anastasia Myskina! They have played twice this year each winning one part of the battle... Myskina won in their last encounter in Rome when Jelena trying to defend her Italian Open title. By the way, here is a photo of Jelena and Anastasia taken in Berlin..

June 16th 2002: As expected, Jelena will play the final today against Anastasia Myskina! Oh and next week Jelena will be playing in Eastbourne! She will be the #1 seed and after a first round bye will face Daja Bedanova or a qualifier... more details soon!

June 16th 2002: Congratulations! Jelena took the DFS classic title today with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Russia's Anastasia Myskina!:) Now, she will probably leave today towards Eastbourne where she is set to play next week as the #1 seed!

June 17th 2002: The draw for the tournament in Eastbourne is out, you can see it here! Jelena is the #1 seed.. and by the way, no it's not an error, Martina Navratilova is playing singles.. she faces Tatiana Panova in the first round!

June 17th 2002: For those used to wait eagerly for Todd's weekly column, please note that it is now known as "Jelena's corner":) So here it is for this week, enjoy:)

June 18th 2002: Jelena once again has a day off today, time to recover from her very active week in Birmingham! Anyway, Wimbledon announced their seedings today and Jelena will be the #7 seed, you can view the 32 seeds here.

June 18th 2002: Jelena will face a qualifier in the first round of Wimbledon.. get the complete draw here!

June 19th 2002: You can read Glyn's tournament preview here, his prediction: a semifinal for Jelena! Also, Jelena is scheduled to play the second match on court #1 tomorrow in Eastbourne!

June 19th 2002: You can read an article about Jelena from the Guardian here! Big thanks to James for the news!

June 19th 2002: A shock defeat for Jelena today in Eastbourne as she eliminated by Daja Bedanova 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 in the second round...

June 20th 2002: "You would think that the No. 1 seed would play on center court, but there's some ridiculous match out there instead" That is the controversial comment Jelena made after her match about the tournament's decision to make her play on court #1 while Hantuchova vs Navratilova was being played on centre court! Very surprising! Anyway, I also added the rest of Nicolas Meunier's photos from the 2002 French Open, you can see them in the gallery!