MELBOURNE, Australia—Svetlana Kuznetsova, who needed three-and-a-half hours to beat Jelena Jankovic in the third round at the Australian Open, said she had trouble concentrating during the match because the Serb and her team were talking to each other.
“Tennis is one and one,” Kuznetsova said. “You face your opponent. It's a bit frustrating. [Jankovic] was talking to her [her brother, Marko] and hitting partner, and each one of them was sitting [on] different sides. It's a bit frustrating. I'm not saying she was getting coach[ed]. I have no idea what they were talking about. It's consistently high … [the] talk was a little bit disturbing.
"But, I mean, I was trying not to react and just play my game.”