In a turn of events for Jelena's miserable run thusfar,she had a surprisingy straight sets win over Serena thus yanking her out of the tournament. 6-3 6-4. A match that had break after break after break.Well Done Jelena.If she is to face Justine,lets hope that she can actually win this time against her.

From Manzikert. :ok:

Yeah, quite shocked by this. I thought Serena had Jankovic's number and I thought Jankovic just wasn't in great form at all. It will be interesting to see what Jankovic can do against the winner of the Justine/Maria match.

Also lets see what Serena comes up with in her interview.

To be fair we need to call Serena something.. We used to call Maria the Semipova when lost in her semis. Quater pounder Serena or something..

Call her Quarter Pounder Williams :D She just completed the grand slam of quarters like her Serena Slam.And she is huge like a quarter Pounder anyway :P

Quarterena?

roflmao
i thought it was Sourina, but Quarterina is excellent!

OMG!!!!!! roflmao roflmao roflmao

Thats F*cking Hilarious!

at least Serena is not making any excuses.. She is keeping them to herself and said Jelena played solid...

By the way,I watched the womens doubles earlier,it was the Williams girls against the Chinese. Guess which round the Williams lost in? :rolleyes: roflmao

true :ok:

Thats good on her :ok:

Quaterena wants to maintain her new name and her new hobby!

Or maybe she isn't letting us know the details of her excuses?

lol, true quotes from her but the Quarterena name is just in jest any Serena fans :P

It seems on all fronts she is maintaining her Quarter final status. :D And yes Trisco,I am a Serena fan but I cant help but laugh at her really. :D

typical. she loses a match, when she obviously had problems and the names start coming :rolleyes:

What a dismal performance from Serena. Just nothing sparkling about her form at all, just such hap-hazard play all the way through :rolleyes: :(

There seemed to be some hint of an injury at 5-3 in the first where she started to roll the first serve in, and let Jankovic basically hit return winners at will. However after the first set, no signs of the apparent injury but just more wild play that had been so commonplace throughout the match. Awful court-positioning at times, especially when streched out-wide on the backhand side and just looked incapable of retrieving the ball back well enough to keep in the point. Forehand was just woeful at times too, just raking through the ball instead of flowing through it like we saw last year in the final. The only thing keeping Serena deep in the second set was her serve, which bailed her out of being down a double break, but it was so sporadic that it was never a weapon she could really depend on. Also looked so ungainly moving forward too, so tentative on the first volley, and more often than not picked off by superlative Jankovic passing shots.

However, nothingcan betaken away from Jankovic's performance. Looking sharper than shehas for months IMO, just playing such a methodical, well-exucted match that probably ranks highly as one of her best ever matches. Her backhand was on full scale assault out there, just pulling Serena all over the place with such deliberate angles and varied her forehand well too, often striking down the line to give herself an easy puttaway. Just so calm and didnt panic when Serena attempted to break back in the second. Definitely had a much more concise gameplan than Serena that's for sure.

I feel Jankovic will go in against Sharapova with nothing to lose now. I know it'sa cliche, but she's exceeded nearly everyone's expectations here in melbourne so will be more than a match for Sharapova i feel, if she can stick to the gameplan she displayed today.

It's a real shame for Serena though, a title defense would've really solidfied an awesome comeback from all her injury woes last season, but she just couldnt make it happen. If she stays fit for the rest of the year though, she's still going to be a huge factor on the tour.

So well done Jelena and looking forward to a great semi-final hopefully :D

Thats a bit unfair Liam and you should know that I am a die hard Williams fan. :tsk: She hasnt been stellar at the slams for the last year and its been all excuses,so thats why we are taking the piss out of her.She is still a great champion no matter how many more Quarter finlas she reaches :D I still love her and will always support her but I love Venus more! :ok:

the quarter final part is apt. Comparing her to a large quarter pounder is just plain insulting, especially given all the hard work she has put in recently to get back to peak fitness. I thought the burger jokes were so 2006 but looks like i was wrong again

Quality post dl :bow: I didn't get to see this, but credit to Jelena and sad for Serena. I hope Jelena can trash Maria in the semis, although if she plays like today that will be pretty tricky. I don't see hwo Maria can keep up that level every match though.

I agree, I think it's really rude msyelf. For someone who looks liek a quarterpounder she has pretty good results. :lol:

All Right Jelena!!!!! :clap: :yahoo: I hope she goes all the way.

All in jest guys please.Dont take everything so literally. ;)

Ooooh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dark, looks like you are getting no joy of your faves this season.