TENNIS in DEPTH.

Jelena Jankovic beat Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Sunday to win her first title of the season at the Andalucia Tennis Experience.

The fourth-ranked Serb broke Suarez Navarro six times on the outdoor clay to improve to 3-0 against the Spaniard.

Suarez Navarro, playing in her first final, used one of her five break points to take the second set but was broken early in the third. Jankovic raced out to a 5-1 lead before holding on for her first victory since Moscow in October.

Jankovic has been a slump since the end of 2008 when she held the #1 position, and was voted outstanding player of the year. She seems to have found her comfort zone on clay, and much of her retrieving ability was renewed in Spain. Can she go one to bigger and better results in more auspicious tournaments where the level of competion will be much higher, or is this gratifying result a mere blip on her recent record. Only time will tell. She will probably be drawn against both the Spaniards she beat here in the next round of the Fed Cup.

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