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Mmm, not good. 2009 was just so-so (or borderline bad) for Jelena and starting 2010 with a loss in Sydney has to really sting. Even harder to take is the fact that she served for it in the 3rd set at 54 - losing the match 57 61 75 to Agnes Szavay.
Jelena turns just 26 next month but suddenly she seems much older in tennis years. She has time to turn things around but she better get going on that like - now. Well, yesterday would actually have been a better time to begin.
She won 2 titles (Marbella & Cincinnati) out of 3 final round appearances in 2009 and finished the year at #8 but a closer look reveals some trouble... Of the 20 tournaments she played she made the quarterfinals in half of them and of those quarterfinal matches she only won 4 (she contested a 5th semifinal match losing to Venus Williams at the season-ending championships which doesn't have a quarterfinal round). This is from a gal who for a couple of years there she was a fixture on the weekend.
In theory she has a ton of points she can add this year but if her first match of 2010 is any indication Jelena and her fans (of which I am one) are going to have another rough year.
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