Hong Kong: Former world number one Jelena Jankovic sealed the Hong Kong Open yesterday beating Germany’s Angelique Kerber 3-6, 7-6, 6-1 in a thrilling comeback from the brink of defeat.
After ousting American legend Venus Williams in the semi-final, the Serb battled hard to gain victory against Kerber and take revenge for a three-set defeat in Wuhan just a few weeks ago.
Jankovic started off in Victoria Park under pressure from the German and had her first serve broken. A forehand error in the seventh game pushed her further behind before Kerber sealed the opening set at 6-3.
But the 30-year-old Jankovic held firm, breaking three serves from her rival in the second set despite having the same number of her own broken, leading to a tense tie at 5-5.
Jankovic eventually prevailed in the tiebreak as her stressed 27-year-old rival began fighting fatigue in her attempts to deliver good serves.
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