Jankovic defeated in China Open

BEIJING, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Jelena Jankovic was defeated Monday in second-round action of the China Open in Beijing.

Jankovic had her serve broken eight times in 13 games in dropping a 6-4, 2-6, 2-6 decision to Bojana Jovanovski. Jovanovski only had two break-point situations to deal with in the last two sets in beating Jankovic for the first time in her career.

No. 13-seeded Nadia Petrova got past Alona Bondarenko 6-3, 7-5 in her second-round match and Maria Kirilenko advanced to the third round with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 win over Gisela Dulko.

Sixth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska took a tough 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5 loss at the hands of Angelique Kerber in a 240-point match that took nearly three hours. Ana Ivanovic also claimed a first-round upset, beating No. 11 Marion Bartoli 6-2, 6-3.

No. 2-seeded Vera Zvonareva battled for nearly two hours before finishing a 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) win over Dinara Safina and 15th-seeded Shahar Peer ran past Sun Shengnan 6-1, 6-2 in first-round play.

Other China Open first-round winners Monday were Sara Errani, Alexandra Dulgheru and Vera Dushevina.