Serbia, Russia each take Fed Cup singles wins

MOSCOW, April 21 (UPI) -- Jelena Jankovic won a match for Serbia and Svetlana Kuznetsova responded with a Russian win Saturday, squaring the two countries' Fed Cup semifinal series.

Jankovic opened the Moscow match-up with a 6-4, 6-3 triumph over Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, notching her 12th win in 13 Fed Cup singles matches.

But Kuznetsova came back with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 decision over Ana Ivanovic to pull the hosts even after the first day of action.

Kuznetsova broke Ivanovic in the first game of the third set and went on to win eight of the final nine points on her own serve.

The best-of-five tie will be decided with Sunday's two reverse singles matches and a doubles rubber.