December 2007 Archives

December 19th 2007: Uhh.. tough news as Jelena lost her quarterfinal match, she injured her groin and stopped playing while down 6-3, 3-1:(... She still has a very good shot at receiving a qualifying wild card for the Australian Open. Let's hope the injury is not too serious... However, some good news as Jelena asked and received a wild card for the qualifying event in Hobart that starts January 6th...:)

December 17th 2007: Jelena defeated Wlodarzak6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to end the round robbin match.. she will now play in the quarterfinals against Rogowska...!

December 16th 2007: Jelena won her 2nd match as well!! She defeated Christina Wheeler 3-6, 7-6(0), 6-3!! Although Jelena has one more match left in the round robbin (tomorrow against Karolina Wlodarczak), she has now qualified for the quarterfinals that start Wednesday. "I haven't played matches in a long time. Obviously, my fitness is not there yet. But it will just take a lot of matches like this. You know, I play much much better than this in practices, so I need to be able to put that into my matches," she said."To get a win … without being at my best today, gives me, gives me more confidence, but I still have a lot of things to work on." "You know, I haven't … really played a competitive match, a proper match on the tour, for more than two years. These girls are actually supposed to beat me. So I don't think I have any pressure on me. I've proved that I can play tennis with the best, and I have nothing to prove."

December 15th 2007: More good news:) Jelena won her first match in Melbourne, she defeated Alenka Hubacek 7-6, 6-0!! Next up will be Christina Wheeler... go Jelena:) "It was much better than I thought it would be,'' said Dokic following her first match since returning to Melbourne in October."Not my best match obviously but very happy for the first one and I just have to try and build on this.There's a long way to go. I didn't pretty much touch my racquet for six months and fitness either, so I've come a long way and done as much as I can do in training. "My next part is to try and build on my matches and play well in my matches which is very tough.''

December 14th 2007: Jelena's first round opponent will be 17 year-old Alenka Hubacek, a good challenge for sure! It is scheduled to be played tomorrow... go Jelena:)

December 8th 2007: Jelena is now one week ago from starting the Aus Open Wild Card playoff, the top ranked player will be #142 Jarila Gajdosova.

December 6th 2007: See a very interesting video interview with Jelena done in Melbourne, lots of encouraging news these days:) See it here!

December 2nd 2007: Do you like the new photo of Jelena on the right? Not bad hey? Jelena is still training hard in Melbourne. "I needed some time away from the game to sort through some personal issues but now I'm back and very focused," Dokic told The Sunday Age. "I've been working very hard in training and I'm hopeful that things turn out well." "I'd love to play in the Australian Open again," Dokic said. "… I'd like to think that by the end of 2008, I could be somewhere in the top 50."