WTA Tour - Jankovic survives scare

Eurosport - Fri, 10 Oct 14:08:00 2008

World number one Jelena Jankovic survived a scare before reaching the Kremlin Cup quarter-finals with a 6-7 6-3 6-2 win over Vera Dushevina.

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The Serb, who replaced Serena Williams at the top of the WTA rankings on Monday, was in real danger of becoming the third high-profile player to bow out of the $2.3 million tournament.

Jankovic, making her Moscow debut, lost the first set and was 0-2 down in the second before finding her range and subdue the 77th-ranked Russian.

The women's field, which was built as the strongest in the Kremlin Cup's 19-year history with most of the world's leading players taking part, already lost Wimbledon champion Venus Williams and French Open winner Ana Ivanovic.

Jankovic, fresh from winning her third title of the year in Stuttgart on Sunday, faces unseeded Italian Flavia Pennetta, who followed her victory over Williams on Tuesday by beating Russian Ekaterina Makarova 3-6 6-4 6-4.

Earlier, seventh-seeded Russian Vera Zvonareva crushed Daniela Hantuchova 6-1 6-0, setting up a quarter-final duel with another unseeded Slovak, Dominika Cibulkova, who upset Ivanovic on Wednesday.

Russia's Nadia Petrova also advanced after Caroline Wozniacki retired because of breathing problems. The Danish teenager had her blood pressure checked late in the first set before calling it quits while trailing 6-4 3-2.

Men's top seed Nikolay Davydenko, bidding for his third Kremlin Cup title in a row and a fourth in the last five years, also barely broke a sweat, easing to a 6-1 6-1 victory over Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.

The Russian world number five will now take on his Davis Cup team mate, seventh seed Marat Safin, who prevailed over Julien Benneteau of France 6-4 0-6 6-2.

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Reuters

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  1. Did Jelena win again ?
    no way, it`s imposible !! !
    ooo yes she did :-)
    :-)

    From Igor K, on Sun 12 Oct 2:14PM

  2. Thank you Eurosport for fast response in cleaning spamers !

    From Igor K, on Sat 11 Oct 7:24PM

  3. :-)
    he he !
    :-) queen of tennis ! :-)

    From Igor K, on Sat 11 Oct 2:12PM

  4. :-)

    From Igor K, on Sat 11 Oct 12:52PM

  5. Did Jelena win ?
    oooo I think she did :-)
    magnificent and extraordenery girl :-)

    From Igor K, on Sat 11 Oct 12:20PM

  6. Oh what a beautifull day ........ again !

    From Igor K, on Sat 11 Oct 12:17PM

  7. :-)
    he he !
    :-)

    From Igor K, on Sat 11 Oct 12:16PM

  8. of course JJ will win with great comfort & ease
    being rank one its quite impossible for her not to win very easily in record time

    From simioni44, on Sat 11 Oct 4:45AM

  9. SERENA WON'T BE No1 NEVER, EVER AGAIN!!!

    From Big Mouth, on Fri 10 Oct 9:55PM

  10. cheata jj onLY TOP SLOT TIll true i serena Recover no true 1 no G/S winers

    From serrrannos, on Fri 10 Oct 9:27PM

  11. we celebrate best when cheata jelena gets whipped off the court cheat no prosper cheat

    From serrrannos, on Fri 10 Oct 9:19PM

  12. yes we noticed too that egor has changed sides .,.,! deplorable betrayal

    From llorretta22, on Fri 10 Oct 9:05PM

  13. currently each player is just as fatigued & exhausted as the next .,., ALL out on their feet so tired
    its a real level competative surface with EACH & EVERY contestant totally exhausted

    From llorretta22, on Fri 10 Oct 8:53PM

  14. With every win, we are happier ! Every good fight, we admire ! Go Jelena ! Go Novak !

    From Igor K, on Fri 10 Oct 8:43PM

  15. And whatever you write here, there is no point anymore to argu with anyone. Jelena will just keep demanding you in the future ! You`ll see !

    From Igor K, on Fri 10 Oct 8:40PM

  16. Changed sides ?! Always for Novak and JJ !! Serbia has sportmans to admire, unlike so many who can just die in hate ! HA HA !

    From Igor K, on Fri 10 Oct 8:34PM

  17. HA HA Equal, no one is equall to Jelena and her results, and number of matches she won recently !

    From Igor K, on Fri 10 Oct 8:33PM

  18. ALL the players are equally tired after hectic schedule + travel
    So it's level pegging equality for each & EVERY one

    From kontrol.climate, on Fri 10 Oct 8:28PM

  19. well of course being allocated number one rank she will win EVERY match quite comfortably
    just wait and C

    From kontrol.climate, on Fri 10 Oct 8:24PM

  20. hi yigor .,., WHEN did you change sides sweetie .,? THE """injury""" time out will be crucial to succcesss
    planned in advance

    From kontrol.climate, on Fri 10 Oct 8:22PM
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