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Serbian tennis player Jelena Jankovic won in a fierce encounter 4-6 6-4 6-1 to compatriot Ana Ivanovic

The seventh-seeded Jelena Jankovic beat Wednesday 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in a tense battle against fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic, for past the second round in Madrid Open Tennis.

In a match riddled with errors in the clay center court of Manolo Santana, both players were to control their 2008, has won just one tournament second category since that great victory in Paris.

Anyway, despite that has fallen in the rankings, his performance in Rome, where he reached the semi-allowed climbing to number 42.

The current world number one and top seed in Madrid, American Serena Williams, was measured with Russia's Nadia Petrova, seeded sixteenth-for a spot in the quarterfinals later Wednesday.

In serves.

Jankovic, dressed in fluorescent green, made the difference because it broke on 11 occasions over the eight that fell through their service.

The world number four, finalist in Rome and winner of the sisters Venus and Serena Williams last week, will now play with the Spanish Anabel Medina Garrigues, looking for a place in the quarterfinals of Madrid.

For his part, Ivanovic, former world number one and Roland Garros champion in the Thus, if Venus Williams, seeded fourth, beats Francesca Schiavone of Italy also on Wednesday, reached the second position in the WTA ranking, so that for the first time since May 2003, the sisters occupy the two places of privilege in the ladder.

In the next round to play the winner of Tanasugarn-Pin

The serbia Ana Ivanovic, head of the eighth series, and defender of the title, successfully debuted in the Roland Garros tournament to beat Italian Sara Errani, 44 of the world, by 7-6 (3) and 6-3 in two hours and two minutes.

Ivanovic, who missed the tournament in Madrid due to injury in his right knee, won last year in Paris to win the final to Russian Dinara Safina, before his compatriot Jelena Jankovic. However, after his record feat that has only reflected a title, in Linz last October.

Ivanovic will now face the winner of meeting between the Thai and French Tamarin Tanasugarn Camille Pin.

Jankovic realizes Anabel Medina three sleeves and facilitates the departure of the Spanish team's World Group

Spain will play next season in the second division of the Federation Cup, after the serbia Jelena Jankovic defeated today in the Spanish Anabel Medina (6-3, 3-6 and 6-3) and gave his country the third point and eliminating the coveted promotion to World Group.

Medina played much better today than it did yesterday before Ana Ivanovic, but Jankovic also significantly improved its performance with regard to the confrontation that was waged 24 hours prior to Maria Jose Martinez.

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

Jelena Jankovic can be happy with his new number one female tennis, but Serbia as a whole ensures its true girl pampered: What happens with Ana Ivanovic?

The beautiful Ana, ephemeral monarch of the WTA rankings between June and July, is the protagonist of the main headlines of local newspapers after a defeat ahead of schedule in the tournament in Moscow on Wednesday in front of the Slovak Dominika Cibulkova.

"The fear of losing blocks Ana" finds an owner. "The problems come from his head," says another. "Ana should find a boyfriend," a surprise third. The cause of the alarm are carried out by the six defeats Ivanovic in the 12 matches played since he won in May on the clay of Roland Garros his first Grand Slam.

The negative streak stripped to the Serb's number one shortly after it attained the glory in France and led to a worrying fifth place, which contrasts with a decline the regularity of Jankovic, who after winning in Beijing and in Stuttgart since Monday has the challenge of keeping more than a week ahead of the female career ladder.

Declining level of Ivanovic, who will meet in November in 21 years, led to professionals, former players, coaches and even his followers to comment on what they need to return the tennis brilliance to his career. The psychologist Mladen Kostic said in the newspaper 'Press' "that the Serbs should seek urgently "a specialist that the question of insurance psychological problems" obviously "have.

Kostic were encouraged to speculate about the benefits of the athlete who finds a boyfriend: "With that you never know. If she falls in love too, especially a guy with murky intentions, it could create another problem."

The local tennis guru, Radmila Armenulic, said in the pages of 'Blic' "Ivanovic not be worried because they always play fairly well. The problem is in the mind. My advice is: 'Ana, you must overcome it. Just play and not think about losing, "added the former tennis player.

Another glory of the sport locally and current president of the Federation of Tennis Serbia, Slobodan Zivojinovic, nor is concerned. "Ana suffered an unfortunate injury and had only 12 matches since Roland Garros. That's the worst thing for a professional tennis player. Pronto will make a click, perhaps in Zurich next week and will again be which was, "said Zivojinovic in the newspaper 'Vecernje Novosti."

Given the flood of analysis and speculation, the main interested simply clarified that he is "healthy and happy to be on a track," and announced that he will play many games "to return to the old way." Serbia expects that to happen soon.