Jelena wants a standard season?
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Jelena questions the 2009 rules for the season..
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Jelena Jankovic is one of several players to question the rules introduced for the 2009 season that, although proving a shorter season, insisted the best 10 players compete at the top tournaments, while restricting them from playing lesser events if they want to.
“We have a longer off-season which is good for our recovery and to have enough time to train again and prepare for the next season,” she said. “But the only thing for me personally is that, you know, we have less tournaments and all of that. But for example, if you didn't play well in one tournament, and you lost early, you're not allowed to play the next (International Series) one. You feel like you're just training. You want to compete. That is for me something that, if you're doing well, you don't need to play the next one. But in case you didn't do well, we don't have players in the top 10 that have a chance to play the next event and get some matches in.
“As well, was a little bit hard at the end of the year, like now, we were competing for the Masters. My only chance was in Moscow, which some of the other players, a couple other players who had a chance to make it to the Masters, they could play Linz, Osaka. They had many other opportunities to get a few points where I had only one. So it also sometimes can be a disadvantage for a top-10 players like me who hasn't done so well during the year.”
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Posted by Neemesh Chheda on 10/27/2009 4:32:50 PM
Filed under: 2009, Doha, Jankovic, Jelena, Linz, Osaka, Rules, Season, Ten, Top, Tournament, WTA
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