KC’s Badass Takes Six From Serena

By CAROLYN SZCZEPANSKI

This past summer, Jarmila Gajdosova brought her powerful game and badass attitude to the Kansas City Explorers, one of 11 teams in the World Team Tennis association. She kept the crowds at Barney Allis Plaza on the edge of their seats and, after muscling her way to the second-best winning percentage of any broad in the WTT, she was crowned Rookie of the Year for 2007.

Earlier this week, Slovak-born Gajdosova, ranked 145th on the world stage, took on one of America’s best in the Australian Open. The KC Explorer fell to 7th-ranked Serena Williams, 6-3, 6-3, in the first round. But taking six games from the reigning Aussie Open champ is no slouch; here’s hoping she’s back on the court at Barney Allis this summer.