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MissSospanFach - January 25, 2008 07:50 PM (GMT)
Found this on si.com

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- A sore and sorry Jelena Jankovic will have to forgo glamour for the time being.

"When you have pain in your back, the worst thing is to have heels on and put on a short dress," the third-ranked Jankovic said when asked if she'd take another ride in an Italian sports car before she leaves Melbourne. "Because I can't bend down, I can't do anything."

Jankovic twice sought medical treatment in the second set of her 6-3, 6-1 semifinal loss to Maria Sharapova, laying outstretched on a towel while a physiotherapist massaged her lower back.

"I felt really some strange pain in my back where I felt like I was so stuck," she said. "I wanted to withdraw, but it was a semifinal."

The Serb also regrets her promise to join American Bethanie Mattek in the doubles competition, where they lost in the third round.

"I shouldn't even have played doubles, but Bethanie asked me to play when I was in my off season," she said. "When I came here I completely forgot that I even told her that I was going to play here in Melbourne with her ... So I tried my best to play, but it was very tough on my body, for sure."

MissSospanFach - January 25, 2008 07:52 PM (GMT)
Hmmm, doesn't take a rocket scientist to say she shouldn't have played doubles! She already made that mistake at the US Open!

SuperBRAT - January 25, 2008 07:55 PM (GMT)
Yeah. It's a shame though becuase I quite like her as a doubles player. :D She wants to watch it with her back, seriously. It sound really bad and any athlete like her would knlw that weraign high heels is back for your back period, not to mention shortening your calf muscles. :rolleyes: So that shoudl really be the last thing on her mind.




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