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Racquet affection: Jelena Jankovic of Serbia - Source: Photosport -
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Serbian Jelena Jankovic won her 12th career title with a 6-2 6-4 demolition of second seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark at the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Monday.
The sixth-seed, in scintillating form from the baseline, wrapped
up her fourth successive victory over the Dane when her opponent
struck a forehand service return long.
Jankovic, 25, brought both hands up to her cheeks in a mixture of
celebration and relief before waving to the crowd at the Indian
Wells Tennis Garden.
"It has been a great two weeks for me, really amazing," a beaming
Jankovic said at courtside. "I am just so happy and so thrilled I
was able to win this title.
"I want to congratulate Caroline for making it such a great event
and also for making it to number two in the world."
The 19-year-old Wozniacki, a US Open finalist last year, is
projected to climb to a career-high second when the world rankings
are released on Tuesday.
"Jelena played a good match today," the Danish teenager said. "She
didn't make a lot of mistakes. I tried to change it when I saw it
was not going way but I just made a few too many errors at the
important points.
"I couldn't really get to play the game that I wanted to play, and
Jelena took advantage of that."
Jankovic, a former world number one, broke the Dane in the first
and third games of the match to race into a 4-0 lead. Although she
surprisingly lost her own serve in the sixth, she immediately broke
back before taking the opening set.
The Serb, wearing a lime-green dress, tightened her control when
she again broke in the first game of the second after the Dane
netted a forehand.
The rest of the set went with serve and Jankovic, playing in her
first WTA final of the year, earned match point with a backhand
winner down the line before sealing victory when Wozniacki's
service return landed long
