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Serbian Jelena Jankovic prepares a shot during her French Open fourth-round match against Romanian Sorana Cirstea at Roland Garros in Paris on June 1, 2009. Cirstea defeated Jankovic 3-6, 6-0, 9-7. (UPI Photo/ David Silpa)
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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.
