Jelena Jankovic has won the title of WTA Andalucia Tennis Experience tournament as she defeated Spanish opponent Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3 3-6 6-3 in a three-set final. This has been the first title of the year for the Serbian who started the year at no. 1 in WTA rankling, but a series of poor performances saw her sliding down to no. 4 now. This has also become the 10th tour title for Jelena Jankovic and she is now hoping a successful clay season ahead of French Open 2009 tournament.
Jankovic did not find it easy to win the tournament final against Navarro who got all the supports of the local fans in her first tour final in her career. Well, Jelena Jankovic clinched the first set 6-3 pretty easily, breaking her opponent twice. However, Carla Suarez Navarro bounced back in the second set to take it 6-3, displaying a number of aces. Jankovic took 5-1 lead in the third set, breaking Navarro on two occasions, but the Spaniard then broke Jankovic once to make it 5-3 before Jankovic winning the deciding set 6-3.
Jelena Jankovic put some optimism in her future while talking to media after the match. The Serbian said that she had not started off well to the year, but the victory in Andalucia had given her back the confidence. She is hopeful that she would be able to continue her success in the rest of the clay season too and she is willing to come back to this tournament again next year.
Jelena Jankovic knows it very well that it would not be very easy for her to retain the no. 1 rank, but it is true that winning the title of Andalucia was badly needed for the Serbian who is now full of confident to do well in the months to come.
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