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Gimpy Jankovic swats away defending champion Williams

By Bonnie D. Ford
ESPN.com

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Grand Slam tournaments are all about survival of the fittest. It's just that it's dicey business sometimes trying to guess who's truly fit. Who would have thought a week ago that Jelena Jankovic could get the best of Serena Williams in Tuesday's quarterfinal? After all, it was the defending champion who came into the Australian Open pronounced leaner and just as mean. That observation proved to be as prescient as the barrage of criticism Williams received last year for ...

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