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.

Watch LIVE coverage of the Kremlin Cup on British Eurosport or via the Eurosport Player. British Eurosport is available in the UK on Sky channel 410 and Virgin Media channel 521, Eurosport 2 is on Sky channel 411 and Virgin Media channel 525.

Reuters

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  1. well said Alison you are the only one around here who has tennis experience
    and contributes accurate sensible comments as you know some of the players

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 4:57PM

  2. DON'T YOU THINK IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO LET OUT ALL YOUR ABUSE WORDS ZZOELAND AFTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO OKEONYENK, ALEK? I WILL HAVE YOU BANNED FROM THIS FORUM --- REPORTING ABUSE TO NINA MILLER ---
    ALISON MERRITT.

    From merriitt686, on Fri 10 Oct 4:54PM

  3. well fillipa it TOOK JJ 23 tournaments to earn her points {around 4000}

    Darling Maria Sharapova is far ahead from ONLY 13 tournaments ===== FAR BETA average sweetie luv

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 4:53PM

  4. WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER YOURSELF PHILIP, AS I SEE WHEN PEOPLE LIKE OKEONYENK, VIC M, SERRANNOS, ETC. GIVE THEIR COMMENT, IT ALWAYS WRONG TO OTHERS. ALL THE CARE IS FOR JJ WHO CO-INCIDENTALLY GOT LUCKY TO HAVE 2 TITLES IN 2 WEEKS. SO, FIND YOUR OWN ANSWER.
    ALISON MERRITT.

    From merriitt686, on Fri 10 Oct 4:50PM

  5. so sorry quite forgot to mention JJ famous drunk mother screaming at opponents

    NO other players have that asset to support them during matches darling

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 4:48PM

  6. phillipa 117 notice that JJ is very VERY different to the rest VERY different

    NONE of the other players invite & encourage their followers to SCREAM & SHOUT

    highly offensive unacceptable ABUSE AT THEIR opponents during matches

    and have a "COACH" who harasses umpires & always develops ""injuries"" at critical moments

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 4:46PM

  7. WHY DON'T YOU STOP YOUR BULLLSHIT ALEK, SO ANYONE ELSE WILL STOP TOO. OKEONYENK IS RIGHT, YOU ARE SUCH AN IDIOT GIRL, KEEP TALKING NONSENSE ALL THE TIME.
    ALISON MERRITT.

    From merriitt686, on Fri 10 Oct 4:43PM

  8. okeonyenk, Then who does?

    From Phillipa, on Fri 10 Oct 4:41PM

  9. just relax, we are not the only ones against her. a lot of people are behind us. not just in venus matter, but to miss hanky panky jj being cheating. point is she is not deserve the number 1 spot

    From okeonyenk, on Fri 10 Oct 4:38PM

  10. the No 1 rank continues to be a poisoned chalice for any holder
    we just dont care who that is -- however would you not agree that any player

    who hold 9 singles Grand Slam titles + numerous Doubles titles ++ Olympic medals Ha Ha

    is a little superior to a player who only holds one mixed doubles title gratis her English home partner ?.? Ha Ha

    we really don't care who calls herself No 1 it is not an enviable appointment darlings

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 4:38PM

  11. zzoeland, if you care to check the records, you will see that Sharapova NEVER earned the number one spot. She inherited it due to top player injuries or retirements from Tennis....and NOT once was she able to defend the top spot by playing good tennis after she was number one.
    JJ and Ana and Serena are all good players. That's the luck of the game, sometimes you're fit, sometimes you just have bad spells.
    JJ is no different from all the rest.. She works hard, has bad days and bounces back. At least she is more consistant than Glamour Bimbo Sharapova.

    From Phillipa, on Fri 10 Oct 4:36PM

  12. you will have noticed by now that NO JJ follower can comment WITHOUT being rude abusive & offensive

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 4:22PM

  13. phillipa 93 no need to be so sarcastic as Alison is a tennis expert,has been for years
    and speaks to the players at major tournaments

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 4:19PM

  14. Serranos, I will stop my speech when you stop your @#$%.

    From aleksicn93, on Fri 10 Oct 4:17PM

  15. WELL PHILLIPA 93 DID YOU READ REPLY

    or didn't you understand repeated again & again JJ inherited one by default / injury of others

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 4:13PM

  16. WELL PHILLIPA 93 DID YOU READ REPLY

    or didn't you understand repeated again & again JJ inherited one by default / injury of others

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 4:13PM

  17. THANK ZZOELAND HAVE NOW REPORTED RACIST COMMENTS TO NINA AT YAHOO.
    ALISON MERRITT

    From AJ, on Fri 10 Oct 4:09PM

  18. Abusive mannerless JJ is simply one of the unwashed millions from my home country ,,Transylvania

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 4:06PM

  19. Hi allison again see last weeks site.. silly serranos says he is thrilled by any abusive response
    to his deliberately provocative nonsense

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 4:01PM

  20. Alison 93 its not Eurosport its YAHOO who control so report ALL abuse to Nina & Kelly for deletion
    we have already reported several comments which yahoo Nina kindly removed

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 3:58PM
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