pockit2006 posted this over in the GM forum.
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/newsroom/?ContentID=791
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/newsroom/?ContentID=791
BEIJING, China - Jelena Jankovic has recently been asserting herself as one of the most in-form players on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. She has won 31 of her last 42 matches, a record highlighted by reaching the fourth round of Wimbledon and, in her last event, making an inspired run to her first Grand Slam semifinal at the US Open. After a week away from the circuit to recover from a back injury, the 21-year-old from Belgrade returns to action at the China Open, and brings us all along with her to Beijing in the latest Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Player Blog.
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Sunday, September 17, 2006
Hello everyone,
It was really nice to be back at home after the US Open. I missed my family so much while I was in the States and it was nice to be with them. The first couple of days back home I did a lot of media requests; I couldn't do them all, because there were so many and I didn't have enough time. I was also able to recover from my back injury, so I would be ready for this week's tournament.
The last day back home, I signed a contract with a car company, Hyundai, and got a new jeep! It was really fun. I started driving around in Belgrade. I never drive when I'm at home, someone usually drives me around. But now I can drive myself. People are probably going to be a bit more careful there now. I think I'm a good driver but people might have to watch out when I'm on the road. Who knows what can happen!
So, I left Serbia and arrived here in Beijing on Saturday. I'm still trying to adjust to the time here. Last night, I woke up at 2am and couldn't go back to sleep, so I woke up my mom so that she could be up with me. I'm sure she was really happy about that. I was here last year and really enjoyed the experience. The people here are really friendly and I know a lot of the players that are here, like Li Na and some of the other Chinese players.
They were joking with me that they were going to get me to eat snakes here. You can order snakes in restaurants. It doesn't look too attractive. My mom said, "They can pay me and I still won't eat it," but I'll try it. Either here or in my next tournament, Guangzhou. They say it tastes like chicken. I don't even know what it looks like. You pick it out of the tank and they just cook it. When I think about it, it's not something I'd normally do, but Li Na will go with me so that's okay. Why not, while I'm travelling, it's not something I can do every day or at home.
I'll talk to you all again tomorrow.
Jelena