article by Gerhard Grundhummer..

Elena Dementieva, the 10th seed of Paris, is probably one of the girls,
Jelena knows best. They have meet 7 times since they have become
professionals (Jela won 5). The last time Elena was successful was at the
Olymics at Sydney when the current no14 of the world beat Jela in three
sets. Their meeting at the final of Moscow in 2001 was a great day for
Jelena, because she defeated the russian no1 6-3 and 6-3, to win her third
wta-title. Earlier this year they met again at the third round in Paris. Jelena won again, this time 5-7, 6-1 and 6-2. 2002 does not seem to become a year to remember for the 20 year old girl from Moscow. At the PanPacific-Open she lost to Anna Hornykova in round two 6-7 and 6-7. The loss vs. Henin in round 4 of the Australian open was rather disappointing for her (3-6 and 0-6). Her best results seem the semifinal at Acapulco (lost to Paola Suarez in straight sets) and the quarters of Key Biscane where she gave V. Williams at least a good fight and won the first set 7-5. Elena is a passionate chess-player and always tries to have her tennis-game influenced by the strategy of chess. Like Jelena she is very suspicious. She always have her mom with her and Vera Dementieva is wishing her daughter "good luck" before each match. The big difference between Jelena and Elena probably is their goal of their careers: Elena claims she wants to be the first russian top 5 player. Jelena wants to be the first serbian number 1.

"Many people compare me to Anna Kournikova. I dont think she is that
special, maybe she lives in America, and her exposure to media is greater. I
am more well known in Russia" - Elena Dementieva