Jankovic competes in second round at the US Open tennis in New York
Jelena Jankovic of Serbia returns the ball to Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazikstan during their match at the US Open tennis championship on September 3, 2009 in New York. UPI /Monika Graff.
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MOSCOW, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Defending champion Jelena Jankovic dropped a quarterfinal match Friday in straight sets at the $1 million Kremlin Cup tournament in Moscow.
MOSCOW, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva won just two games Thursday in losing in a second-round rout at the $1 million Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow.
MOSCOW, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Vera Zvonareva and Jelena Jankovic, the top two seeds, took different routes Tuesday into the second round of the Kremlin Cup.
TOKYO, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Russia's Maria Sharapova won the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo Saturday when seventh-seeded Jelena Jankovic quit with a right wrist injury.
TOKYO, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Maria Sharapova needed a third set Friday but advanced to the finals of the $2 million Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo where she meets Jelena Jankovic for the title.
TOKYO, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Jelena Jankovic ended a four-match losing streak to Marion Bartoli with a win that put her into the semifinals of the $2 million Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Dinara Safina, the top-ranked player in women's tennis, will be the No. 1 seed when the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows, N.Y. starts Monday.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Elena Dementieva regained the world's No. 4 ranking and pulled very close Monday to knocking Venus Williams out of the No. 3 spot.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Flavia Pennetta reached the top 10 for the first time and Jelena Jankovic improved one spot in the world women's tennis rankings released Monday.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Jelena Jankovic of Serbia cruised to a two-set win over Dinara Safina Sunday in the title match of the Western & Southern Financial Group Open in Ohio.