Lindsay Davenport claims Dubai title.

TeamWTA Archive
By Etienne Stekelenburg
March 6 2005

Lindsay Davenport wins her 46th WTA Tour title in Dubai defeating Jelena Jankovic in three sets 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Jankovic was close to winning her second WTA Tour title after winning a breakpoint in the third set. Davenport however came back and won the with unforced error stricken match.

Top seed Lindsay Davenport said that it was a real tough match against the 19-year-old Jankovic. "Once the match started and I saw how well she was playing, I knew it was anybody's game out there. It was very close. I was down a break point at 4-4 in the third set but survived."

"It was a really long match and she made some excellent retrieves, getting a lot of balls back," Davenport said. "She is incredibly fast and changes the direction of her shots a lot."

Serbian Jankovic, who won her first WTA tour title last year in Budapest, was hindered with hitting 11 double faults and like Davenport scored over 30 unforced errors. Although she was hitting more winners than the American No.1 of the world, she could not hold her game in the third match.

"I want to congratulate Lindsay for playing an unbelievable game," said Jankovic. "I couldn't do anything. She kind of destroyed me in the end."

Belgrade born Jankovic was leading 6-0, 4-3 against Serena Williams before the American had to retire with a shoulder injury in the previous round.