AUSTRALIA'S Jelena Dokic will be aiming to get her career back on track at next month's BMW Malaysia Open following an unimpressive start to the year.
World No 64 Jelena, who lost in the early rounds in Auckland, Sydney and at the ongoing Australian Open, is determined to retain her title in Kuala Lumpur.
"It's not the end of the world. At the end of the day, it's just a tennis match. You have to move on," Jelena told www.theroar.com.au after her 6-3, 6-2 defeat to France's Marion Bartoli in the second round of the Australian Open.
"It's done. You look forward to tomorrow and every day you keep trying to improve something and get better. It will come."
Jelena ended her eight-year title drought by edging Czech Republic's Lucie Safaova 2-6, 7-6(11-9), 6-4 in last year's final.
The third edition of the Malaysia Open will be held at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Club on Feb 27-March 4.
Former World No 1 Venus Williams, China's Peng Shuai, Japan's Ayumi Morita, India's Sania Mirza and Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski are among those confirmed for this year's edition.
Venus' participation, however, is still in question as the 32-year-old has not played competitively since withdrawing from last September's US Open and has been receiving treatment for Sjogren's syndrome, an auto-immune disease that causes fatigue and joint soreness.
The five-time Wimbledon champion, however, said she is targeting a return to action next month.- New Straits Times
