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Wordplay: Jelena's Mansion, Queen Latisha Serves-and-Volleys

By Chris Oddo

Latisha Chan (July 22, 2012) -- Join us for a look back at the best quotes and tweets from Atlanta, Carlsbad, Gstaad, Bastad, the Twitterverse and beyond...

“It’s too big for my own good,” -- Jelena Jankovic, describing the monstrosity that is her eight-bedroom home in Rancho Santa Fe, California. It comes complete with a tennis court, swimming pool, and security guards that don't even recognize her as the owner. "They were looking at me like 'You're the owner? You're only 27 years old,' " Jankovic told reporters in Carlsbad this week.

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"We were both sweating like pigs," -- John Isner on the delighfully muggy weather in the greater Atlanta area, after concluding his quarterfinal victory over 19-year-old American Jack Sock. Isner would eventually lose to Andy Roddick in the semifinals.

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Serena Williams, living the Bohemian (with a slightly bigger bank account than your typical Bohemian) lifestyle in the city of lights...



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"It's amazing [to break the Top 10], it's a dream come true. I will always remember this great week because it's very important for me and my team." -- Juan Monaco, celebrating his first trip to the ATP's top ten after a victory over Tommy Haas in the final at Hamburg.

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Caroline Wozniacki, describing her recovery process and giving new meaning to the words "Wozniacki is Hot!"

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"Sometimes you just have to find a way to win," 32-year-old James Blake, on his 350th career win, a 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over Ryan Harrison in Atlanta, which was also Blake's first win of 2012.

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"Sometimes nerves kick in too much," Polona Hercog, after blowing a 5-1 lead in the third set against Mathilde Johansson in the Bastad final. Hercog recovered to win the final two games and the title in Bastad.

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Stephanie Myles of the Montreal Gazette was impressed by the variety of Taiwan's Yung-Jan Chan during her semifinal with Marion Bartoli in Carlsbad. Bartoli eventually won the match in three sets, despite dropping the first set 6-1.

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"He gave me three. Then he tell me what it means and I finally choose Latisha. It's a black name." -- Yung-Jan Chan a.k.a Latisha Chan, describing her process of picking a western name for herself. She went on to describe a funny interaction with Serena Williams, who asked her about her name's origin after a doubles final in Stanford.

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"To be honest, I didn't have any strategy because I never played her, so I didn't know what to expect." -- Urszula Radwanska, proving that even top 50 players don't need to have any strategy to win on tour. I don't know what's worse about this statement: that Radwanska had no strategy, or that she was able to win without one against Melanie Oudin in Carlsbad. 

(Photo Credit: Stephen Dunn/ Getty)

 


 

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