Fourth seed and former No. 1, Jelena Jankovic of Serbia posted an easy win over No. 29 seed, Alona Bondarenko of the Ukraine Friday, 6-0, 6-3 to gain a berth in round 4 at Wimbledon 2010.
Jelena was treated during the match for what appeared a thigh muscle strain. Jelena said in a post match interview: “I had some pain during the match after first set, but hopefully it will be all right. I have maybe two days to rest and get some treatment. Hopefully everything will be okay… I’m happy with the way that I’m playing in this moment. Especially today, in that first set I played really well. That’s the game I would like to play. That’s the real me. That’s something that I was working for: trying to play more aggressively, serving well, playing very well in the returning games, and coming to the net. So I think I did overall pretty well today. I hope I can continue like that.”
In the 4th round on Monday, Jelena will play this year’s champion in Pattya City, Thailand, 25-year-old 21st seed, Vera Zvonareva of Russia. Jelena leads Vera 6-5 in career matches, but Vera has won the last two times they have played, most recently in February in the 2nd round in Dubai, when Vera defeated Jelena 6-3, 6-2.
