Jankovic out of Monterray – how’s her 2010 shaping?

Question

Top seed Jelena Jankovic has been defeated in the first round of the Monterrey Open, losing to the world No. 72 Anastasija Sevastova. How’s she going in 2010?

Answer 1

It’s not been a great start to the year for Jankovic so far if we are to be honest, and this is her worst result so far. The world No. 9’s best performance was to reach the third round of the Australian Open, but Monterrey is her second first round loss – she was defeated by 40th ranked Agnes Szavay in the first round at Sydney in January.

The Serb looked like she might have turned the corner at the Fed Cup, where despite suffering from back problems leading into the tie against Russia, she still managed to win both of her singles rubbers, including a three set match against 4th ranked Svetlana Kuznetsova. But a second round loss to Vera Zvonareva and now this don’t inspire too much confidence and with plenty of competition for places in the top 10, Jankovic looks destined to drop out of it soon.