Jankovic’s dash to cure arm problem

Jelena Jankovic took a page from the Patty Schnyder injury playbook by making a dash to Serbia for treatment to an arm injury.

The bubbly Serb took the trip by charted jet in between her fourth round and quarterfinal matches after playing in pain with the right arm taped.

When it got worse, she took quick action. “I was in a lot of pain, so I flew to Serbia.

“I arrived that night and I had treatment and had another treatment in the morning before flying back to Paris.”

Jelena ultimately lost to Ana Ivanovic in the semifinal.

Swiss Schnyder did the same during the first week of Open for an ankle injury, winning her next round before losing to Katarina Srebotnik. Jankovic blames heavy balls used during the spring clay season for some of her problems.

“A lot of players are having injuries and problems like me.”