Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic, Dinara Safina, Vera Zvonareva and Nadia Petrova are already into the third round of the Open de Australia. Serbian and Russian schools are still being felt in the women's table.

The Serbian Jelena Jankovic, the world number one and top of the first series of the tournament, won the Belgian Kirsten Flipkens by a score of 6-4 overall and 7-5 after an hour and forty-six minutes of play. The Belgrade, who reached the semifinals last year, is measured in third round of the Japanese Ai Sugiyama, the twenty-sixth favorite, who beat Nathalie Dechy for the gala a score of 1-6, 6-1 and 6-3. Sugiyama and Jankovic have been measured twice before, Doha and Indian Wells last year with two victories for JJ.

Serbian Ana Ivanovic, head of the fifth series, bowed to Italy's Alberta Brianti by a score of 6-3 and 6-2 after an hour and thirty-two minutes of play. The Belgrade, a finalist last year, in the third round to face Russian Alisa Kleybanova, twenty-ninth favorite, who beat France's Stephanie Cohen-Aloro for a comprehensive 6-1, 3-6 and 6-2. Ivanovic and Kleybanova have never crossed before on the WTA circuit.

Russian Dinara Safina, head of the third series, won his compatriot Ekaterina Makarova in an overall score of 6-7 (3), 6-3 and 6-0 after two hours and eight minutes of play. Safina, who never passed the third round in Australia, where came twice, you will need to see the faces in the third round to Estonian Kaia Kanepi, twenty-fifth favorite, who beat Austrian Patricia Mayr. Dinara and Kanepi were measured three times before, with two victories for Moscow.

Russian Vera Zvonareva, the seventh head series, starred in the beating of the day and the tournament so far, endorsing a double-rosco (6-0 and 6-0) to the Romanian Edina Gallovits in forty-six minutes of game to seal his move to the third round, which will now be measured in the Italian Sara Errani, who bowed to Romanian Monica Niculescu with a score of 6-2 and 6-3. Zvonareva, who reached the fourth round of the tournament aussie in 2004 and Errani, have never faced before.

Russian Nadia Petrova, head of the tenth series of the tournament, won the Indian Sania Mirza by a score of 6-2 overall and 6-3 after an hour and ten minutes of play. Petrova, whose best Mathilde Johansson of France by a score of 6-3, 4-6 and 6-3, and France's Alize Cornet, fifteenth favorite that continues to demonstrate a level of Top-Ten in the second round and broke the German Andrea Petkovic by an overwhelming 6-1 and 6-0. Australia were the results in quarter-finals of 2006, measured in the third round at the French Marion Bartoli, sixteenth head series, which was imposed by the Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 7-5 and a score of 6-2. Petrova and Bartoli were measured three times before, with a favorable balance of 2-1 and tennis gala.

Another duel that brings the third round of the Slovak Daniela Hantuchova, nineteenth favorite who won with some difficulty