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This
time it's not her injury
Yesterday,Jelena made her second final of the year by
beating Virginie Razzano 6:3,0:1.The true is,Jelena
had a much more easier match for the finals,because
Virginie had to retire after the first game of the
second set due to tendonitis in her right elbow.
This should be good and
important win for Jelena's confidence,and for the rest
of the season,as she had some disappointing efforts
previously this year. As the match started,Razzano
tried to dictate the tempo,to try to make early
break,to somehow win the match in 2 sets.And yes,she
was on good road,as she was leading 2:0,and had break
point on Jelena's serve.But Jelena proved once again
that she is the best under the pressure,as she saved
the break point and ran off four straight games to
grab control. After losing the first set,Razzano tried
to do something different,but she had to fight much
more for the opening game in the 2nd set,so she
decided that there is not much that she can do in this
match. Here is how they saw the match:''It was an
unfortunate one,I guess''-said Jelena.''I knew she was
injured a little bit so that makes it tough to play
against her.And I didn't play my best at all,so it was
both ways.''
''It
is always difficult to play someone like that.She hit
a few good shots there at the beginning and I was a
little bit unsettled.I was glad to get that first set
out of the way.I was happy to stay mentally strong.You
are not always going to win nicely and play well all
the time.I was happy to get it out of the
way.''-continued Jelena. ''I try one game,then I
stop.''-said Razzano. ''It was not good for me to
continue.I am very happy to come here,I am sorry for
today.''-said Razzano. Now,Dokic will face 10th seed
T.Pannova of Russia for the 4th title in her
carrier,while Panova,7 years older player,will try to
win her first WTA title. ''She is pretty
good.''-said Panova for Jelena. ''I did what I can
here.Maybe I can show something.I am not expected to
win,but I will just try to play.She is a top ten
player.She is not No.13,not No.14.She is
No.9.''-finished Panova. As we know,Panova's goal this
year is to break the top 20.Should she win today,she
should reach her goal when the new rankings are realised on
Monday.
by Madonna
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