Whine queen Jelena Jankovic blames Doha loss entirely on herself

The only person capable of beating former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic is Jelena Jankovic, says Jelena Jankovic. The tennis world's reigning queen of whine lost the first of her round-robin matchesearlier this week to Victoria Azarenka at the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships and, in her customary fashion, gave no credit to her opponent:"I basically gave her everything. I beat myself. That was really unfortunately the case. My game was completely off. I would hit one or two balls and then the third one would go everywhere except in the court. I was a shadow of myself."Is Jankovic saying she's a shadow of her September self in which she was a shadow of her July self which, in turn, was a shadow of her January self? Because all this division of shadows is making for one faint penumbra. Jankovic began 2009 ranked No. 1 in the world but has since slipped to No. 8. She failed to advance to the quarterfinals in any Grand Slam tournament and has struggled mightily ...