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. hi Alison as you suggested yourself don't respond­ JUST KEEP REPORTING their vile unacceptable­ abuse
    thanks for your SENSIBLE comments from your vast­ experience

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 3:56PM

  2. it is simply true that JJ has offensive manners on/off­ court
    she encourages her followers to shout &­ scream unacceptable offensive abuse at her­ opponents
    then finds an "" injury""­ to delay things in case they look like winning
    this is­ just NOT sporting in a game of tennis or any other­ sport

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 3:53PM

  3. JANKOVIC THROUGH NOW TO PLAY THE LADY OF TENNIS ELENA­ DEMENTIEVA SHOULD BE A VERY GOOD MATCH INDEED.
    ALISON­ MERRITT.

    From AJ, on Fri 10 Oct 3:53PM

  4. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE STOP ALL THESE RACIST REMARKS THIS­ IS A MESSAGE BOARD ABOUT THE TENNIS NOTHING ELSE­ .PLEASE EUROSPORT STOP RACIST COMMENTS COMING­ THROUGH.
    ALISON MERRITT.

    From AJ, on Fri 10 Oct 3:49PM

  5. phillipa 93 cant you read ?? you have been told at­ least a dozen times Serena record is far far­ superior

    JJ only inherited top spot due to accidental­ injury to the true one
    and by playing lots & lots­ of lower grade tier 2 tournaments to harvest points ++­ money -- {shall we repeat it?}

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 3:49PM

  6. KWEK...KWEK...KWEK...WHY DON'T YOU STOP YOUR SPEECH­ AND SEE YOUR DARLING JJ IS AGAIN DESPERATELY SEEKING­ SUSAN AGAINST PENETTA

    From Serranno, on Fri 10 Oct 3:45PM

  7. You compare Jelena and Novak calling them cheaters, as­ well as insulting Jelena's Serbian fans. You may­ think you're doing nothing wrong and classify it as­ a joke, but others do not see it that way. Please, I­ beg for you and all others to stop all this racism and­ hate and get back to commenting on sport

    From aleksicn93, on Fri 10 Oct 3:38PM

  8. Serranos, you must be blind to say that you are not­ racist, and when you say you love Serbs it is extremely­ hard to beleive because of all the things you have said­ to us in recent times. You insult Jelena, you insult­ her mother and coach, you insult Serbian posters on­ Eurosport, you refer back to the Milosevic era, and­ just recently you have made a comment about Eurowar,­ while perfectly knowing of all the wars my country has­ been in and suffered as a result of.

    From aleksicn93, on Fri 10 Oct 3:34PM

  9. I agree Alison.

    From aleksicn93, on Fri 10 Oct 3:30PM

  10. COME ON EVERYONE LETS STOP ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT­ JELENA JANKOVIC. SHE IS NUMBER ONE NOW SO LETS SEE HOW­ LONG SHE CAN STAY THERE.
    WILL SHE WIN A GRANDSLAM NEXT­ YEAR I THINK SO FRENCH OPEN OR US OPEN.
    HOPE ITS A­ SVETLANA JJ FINAL IN KREMLIN CUP.
    ALISON MERRITT.

    From AJ, on Fri 10 Oct 3:03PM

  11. It is sad to see tennis discussion boards turn into­ podiums for hate and racism. What does skin color and­ neo-Fascist political idiologies have to do with tennis­ ?

    From Tim, on Fri 10 Oct 2:53PM

  12. Okay, all you so called Tennis EXPERTS, if JJ­ doesn't deserve to be the number 1, lets hear it­ from you all as to who should be the Number 1 based­ on...shall we say the last two years performance....­ and why.

    You armchair experts sit there criticizing­ players who knock themselves out all over the world­ entertaining the tennis public and have the balls to­ say, they dont deserve appreciation for it....because­ you dont like their faces.

    Come on, lets hear it from­ you experts.

    From Phillipa, on Fri 10 Oct 2:31PM

  13. well really it's her deplorable abusive attitude­ on/off court that is depressing
    combined with her so­ called supporters screaming unacceptable offensive­ abuse at opponents
    instead of simply supporting their­ favourite

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 1:47PM

  14. yes llorretta, you are definitly mad :-) i agree with­ you !

    From Igor K, on Fri 10 Oct 1:13PM

  15. well said brother 84 it really infuriates us when we­ have rearranged appointments to view

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 1:07PM

  16. hi loretta we love your jokes & sense of humour ­ thanks

    From zzoeland, on Fri 10 Oct 1:05PM

  17. well you see igor we are not normal but mad tennis ­ followers

    From llorretta22, on Fri 10 Oct 1:00PM

  18. Went to watch tennis and faced with a recording of a­ micky mouse indoor football tournament, i wouldn't­ mind so much if it was live and over running. So I­ assume Eurosport has cancelled the tennis, no word of­ apology or explanation, this really is becoming a joke.­ Less coverage than last year, live feeds cut to turn to­ yet another repeat of news or goals. The schedulers for­ Eurosport really have no respect for the viewers they­ are just a bunch of w**kers!!!!
    this match is on both­ HD and Eurosport UK, what about putting the tennis on­ UK and shove the playground football on HD.

    From Atomheartbrother, on Fri 10 Oct 12:59PM

  19. She was very impressive this year, more than enough to­ prove as a GREAT player to any normal human being.

    From Igor K, on Fri 10 Oct 12:37PM

  20. in order to become a JJ follower do we have to pass a­ test shouting & screaming abuse at her opponents­ ..???

    From llorretta22, on Fri 10 Oct 12:12PM
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