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Pumping iron stunts Jankovic's forward progress

By Greg Garber
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Bigger not always better PARIS -- Jelena Jankovic came striding into the 2009 season with the No. 1 ranking and a new suit of armor -- in the form of rippling muscles -- courtesy of legendary trainer Pat Etcheberry. Bigger, however, was not better. Jankovic lost in the fourth round of the Australian Open -- to Marion Bartoli -- and then things got worse. Over a five-match span in February and March, she lost four of those matches to good, but not great, players with names like Kanepi, Pa ...

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