Jelena Jankovic and Dinara Safina's quarterfinal match has been postpone to today (Friday) because it would be too much to ask them to play at 3am!
This should prove to be an interesting encounter between the new world #1, Jankovic and in-form Russian, Safina (sister of the great Marat Safin).
Jankovic is known to have match jitters and her serve is very suspect. She has something to prove though as she, unlike previous world #1 compatriot, Ana Ivanovic, has not won a Grand Slam event and she's hoping that Olympic Gold will more than make up for that.
Safina is no push-over though, having won some major events prior to Beijing 2008. She's got a fantastic return of serve and her punishing ground-strokes proved too much for China's Zheng Jie in the previous round.
My prediction is for Jankovic to win, simply because she has so much more to prove by winning Gold in Beijing - to cement her place as one of the tennis greats. I expect Safina to push her to 3 sets though.
A fantastic quarterfinal not to be missed!
This should prove to be an interesting encounter between the new world #1, Jankovic and in-form Russian, Safina (sister of the great Marat Safin).
Jankovic is known to have match jitters and her serve is very suspect. She has something to prove though as she, unlike previous world #1 compatriot, Ana Ivanovic, has not won a Grand Slam event and she's hoping that Olympic Gold will more than make up for that.
Safina is no push-over though, having won some major events prior to Beijing 2008. She's got a fantastic return of serve and her punishing ground-strokes proved too much for China's Zheng Jie in the previous round.My prediction is for Jankovic to win, simply because she has so much more to prove by winning Gold in Beijing - to cement her place as one of the tennis greats. I expect Safina to push her to 3 sets though.
A fantastic quarterfinal not to be missed!
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