MONTERREY, Mexico, March 4 (UPI) -- No. 1 seed Jelena Jankovic reached her third straight semifinal Friday with a straight-sets victory over Anastasija Sevastova at the Monterrey Open.
Jankovic was a semifinalist in both Dubai and Qatar but did not reach the title match in either tournament.
She defeated Sevastova 6-1, 7-5 Friday and will try to make it to the finals for the first time in 2011 when she next meets Polona Hercog.
Hercog, who was eliminated in the opening round in three of her four previous tournaments this year, earned her semifinal berth with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Olga Govortsova.
The other Monterrey semifinal will send second-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova against Gisela Dulko.
Pavlyuchenkova defeated Greta Arn 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) and Dulko was a 6-1, 6-0 winner over Ksenia Pervak.
Dulko has lost only six games over her last two matches.
