Jelena Jankovic promotes Sony Ericsson Z750 in a purple dress made of 700 mobile phones
World No.3 Jelena Jankovic put on the first ever dress made of mobile phones to promote the Sony Ericsson Z750 at the Sony Ericsson Open player party.
Lindsay Davenport falls to Dinara Safina at Sony Ericsson Open
Lindsay Davenport produced a stunning victory yesterday, sending home world No.2 Ana Ivanovic, but the American couldn’t repeat such an impressive level of tennis in the last 16 and fell to Russian Dinara Safina 6-3 6-4.
In other completed matches on Monday, world No.1 Justine Henin saw off Elena Vesnina 6-2 6-2, while Venus Williams defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6-3 6-3 and set up a quarterfinal against Svetlana Kuznetsova, who beat Shahar Peer 7-6 6-3. (photo via Getty Images)
Jelena Jankovic advances in Miami, beats Lucie Safarova
Fourth seed Jelena Jankovic advanced to the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open with a 6-2 6-1 victory over often-hard-to-beat Lucie Safarova.
Unlike her compatriot Ana Ivanovic, who cruised into the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open, Jelena Jankovic had to work hard and save five match points. However, on Sunday, in the third round, Ivanovic was dumped out of the tournament by Lindsay Davenport in two quick sets, while Jankovic advanced without problems. You just never know.
Many interesting matches and surprising results took place on Sunday in Miami. Here you can read a short review. (photo via Getty Images)
Lindsay Davenport crushes Ana Ivanovic at Sony Ericsson Open
Former world No.1 Lindsay Davenport beat one of the favorites for the Sony Ericsson Open title, second seed Ana Ivanovic. Can Davenport's return get any better?
Davenport, who has great appreciation for Ivanovic, confidently beat the Indian Wells champion 6-4 6-2 in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open and ended the Serb's hardcourt campaign.
As they say on Ivanovic’s website, "Davenport simply did not miss." The American started strong and controlled the match. World No.2 Ivanovic showed some brief signs of resistance, but Davenport was simply unstoppable and completed victory in 77 minutes.
Today's match in Miami has been the first career meeting between three-times Grand Slam champion Lindsay Davenport, currently ranked 33rd in the world, and world No.2 Ana Ivanovic. (image via Yahoo)
Jelena Jankovic saves five match points to advance at Sony Ericsson Open
I didn’t watch this match, but by the description of fellow tennis blogger Diane, I see Jelena Jankovic survived almost a similar challenge in the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open to the one in the Australian Open first round (remember Tamira Paszek's famous first match point against Jankovic?).
At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, fourth seed Jankovic fought with every cell of her body against Sweden’s Sofie Arvidsson, ranked 63rd in the world. Jankovic was 1-5 in the third set, but 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. In the end, the score was 6-7 (7) 6-2 7-6 (9).
Jankovic will next face Czech world No.39 Lucie Safarova, who can be a tough opponent. I still remember their long encounter at last year’s Wimbledon, when Jankovic seemed hopeless, having no idea how to play against Safarova. In the end, however, the Serb won, because Safarova couldn’t keep her rhythm during a match that long.
Reminder: Sofie Arvidsson is having an excellent 2008 season. So far this year she defeated high-ranking players such as Elena Dementieva, Marion Bartoli and Anna Chakvetadze. (photo via Getty Images)
