Jankovic jokes around after dispatching Nara
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After her third win over a Japanese opponent in three rounds, Jelena Jankovic rattled off a few jokes yesterday at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
“I’m playing the Japanese Open. It’s not the Aussie Open for me,” Jankovic laughed, when the issue first came up during an on-court interview.
The former No. 1-ranked Jankovic beat Kurumi Nara 6-4, 7-5 in the third round yesterday. It followed her wins over Misaki Doi and Ayumi Morita.
“Of course, I’m not going to get a visa for Japan next time I have to play there,” Jankovic said, drawing big laughs from spectators in the crowd.
“I beat three Japanese in three rounds. I’m sorry Japan,” said Jankovic, who faces Simona Halep of Romania in the next round. “I look forward to playing some other player from somewhere else next.”
Jankovic praised 74th-ranked Nara, who was making her singles debut at the Australian Open.
“Sometimes I think a point is over and the ball is coming back,” said Jankovic. “She’s just so fast. It’s amazing how fast she is.”
She also joked about working up an appetite during the match.
“It was not easy to get through, maybe I can now go to have some sushi,” she laughed, before moving on to poke a little fun at herself.
Asked what fans might not know about her, the No. 8-seeded Jankovic said that her slicked back ponytail was the result of a lot of hair spray.
“It’s like cement,” she said. “People think, ‘Oh, your hair is so nice and in order.’ But if you touch it you probably break your fingers.”
On the serious side, she said: “The only thing I need and I would like in my career is to win a Grand Slam. That’s something I’m missing.”
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