Venus Williams shakes hands with Jelena Jankovic after defeating her in a one set semifinal match in the BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 2, 2009. (UPI Photo/John Angelillo) | License Photo
Venus Williams puts her finger in the air after defeating Jelena Jankovic in a one set semifinal match in the BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 2, 2009. (UPI Photo/John Angelillo) | License Photo
The world No. 3 Jelena Jankovic from Serbia is upset by the the world No. 24, Kaia Kanepi from Ukraine 6-2, 7-5 on the fourth day of the Women's Dubai Championships, February 18, 2009. (UPI Photo/Norbert Schiller) | License Photo
MADRID, May 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Open runner-up Jelena Jankovic won and Wimbledon champion Venus Williams lost Tuesday in the $4.5 million Madrid Open.
Fourth-seeded Jankovic of Serbia defeated Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 7-5, 6-2. Jankovic next plays Russian Elena Vesnina.
Russian Alisa Kleybanova, 19, defeated Williams in 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Williams beat Kleybanova in the fourth round at Wimbledon last season.
In other second-round action involving seeded players, Dane Caroline Wozniacki beat American Varvara Lepchenko 6-3, 6-1 and former top-ranked Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo beat Zheng Jie of China 6-2, 7-5.
Mauresmo, two-time major champion Mauresmo, plays Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva Wednesday.
