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Jankovic wins in China Open second round

Published: Sept. 24, 2008 at 12:34 PM
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BEIJING, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Jelena Jankovic and Daniela Hantuchova both won matches Wednesday and will square off in the quarterfinals of the $600,000 China Open in Beijing.

Two second-round matches were postponed because of rain, but Jankovic was able to finish off a 6-3, 7-5 win over Aleksandra Wozniak and Hantuchova won, 6-1, 0-6, 7-5, over Tamarine Tanasugarn.

Jankovic, the tournament's top seed and 2007 China Open runner-up, is to face the seventh-seeded Hantuchova in Friday's quarterfinals.

Among the matches rained out Wednesday was one between defending China Open titlist Agnes Szavay and Anabel Medina Garrigues.

In first-round play, Chinese favorite Jie Zheng upset sixth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-3, 6-3. The match had been suspended Tuesday because of rain with Zheng ahead 3-0 in the first set.

The second round is to be completed Thursday with three seeded players, including No. 2-seeded Ana Ivanovic scheduled to play.

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