Bewildered Kvitova humbled by resurgent Jankovic


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 05 Jul 2015

LONDON (Reuters) - Petra Kvitova's reign as Wimbledon champion ended on Saturday against a former world number one who upset the form book to register a shock third-round victory on a sun-drenched Centre Court.

The bemused twice champion could not find the answers to 30-year-old Serbian Jelena Jankovic's inspired shot-making and must now lick her wounds for the hardcourt season ahead, knowing her best chance of winning a grand slam this year has probably gone.

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