Illness worry for Jankovic

World number one Jelena Jankovic is “hoping for the best” after pulling out of her only warm-up event before the Australian Open with flu.

The 23-year-old Serbian was brushed aside in straight sets by Wimbledon champion and in-form world number six Venus Williams in her season opener at the JB Group Classic in Hong Kong on Thursday before a visibly sluggish Jankovic laboured through a doubles match yesterday.