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The bearable lightness of being Jelena Jankovic

By Joel Drucker
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, April 28, 2008

The energy emanating from world No. 5 Jelena Jankovic is rare. In one sense, she is exceptionally driven. This, after all, is a woman who has played 26 tournaments over the past year -- quite a workload compared to the likes of Justine Henin's 15, Maria Sharapova's 15 and Serena Williams' 12. But the other side of Jankovic can best be described as flip. On the court, she is prone to occasional bouts of laughter at her own foibles -- particularly when matches go longer than anticipated. One ...

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