Jankovic, Kuznetsova, Dementieva reach third round in Flushing
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08/27/2008 -
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic,
former champion and last year's runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Olympic
gold medalist Elena Dementieva were a trio of second-round winners Wednesday
at the U.S. Open.
The second-seeded Jankovic went the distance to sneak past Swede Sofia
Arvidsson 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5 in 2 hours, 45 minutes.
Jankovic, who held the No. 1 ranking for one week just two weeks ago, appeared
to be cruising on Day 3, up a set and serving for the match at 5-4 in the
second, but Arvidsson had other plans.
The Swede won a second-set tiebreak despite falling behind 0-3 in the extra
session. Arvidsson won six straight points to grab a 6-3 advantage in the
tiebreak and would force a third set three points later.
Jankovic ultimately prevailed in a very tight third set, and converted on her
second match point of the day when Arvidsson misfired long on one final two-
handed backhand.
The 23-year-old Jankovic piled up nine double faults, while Arvidsson uncorked
54 unforced errors and had her serve broken eight times. The Swede broke the
Serb's serve on six occasions.
Jankovic will face Chinese Jie Zheng in the third round.
The third-seeded Kuznetsova, meanwhile, was tested in the first set before
cruising to a 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 decision against Romanian Sorana Cirstea at the
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
The three-time major finalist Kuznetsova captured her lone major title here in
Flushing four years ago and lost to Belgian Justine Henin in last year's Big
Apple finale.
Kuznetsova will meet 28th-seeded Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik in the third
round, as Srebotnik advanced with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Austrian Yvonne
Meusburger.
Fifth-seeded Dementieva ran her current winning streak to eight matches with
a 6-2, 6-1 pasting of France's Pauline Parmentier. Dementieva, who lost to
Kuznetsova in the 2004 all-Russian U.S. Open finale, is fresh off her gold
medal-winning performance in Beijing two weeks ago.
Up next for the two-time major runner-up Dementieva will be Britain's Anne
Keothavong.
A big surprise came when Ukrainian Tatiana Perebiynis ousted eighth-seeded
Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-3. The Top-10 star Zvonareva was a bronze
medalist in Beijing.
Also winning Wednesday were former Open champ Lindsay Davenport of the United
States and 12th-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli. Davenport, a three-time
major champion, including a U.S. Open title back in 1998, bested Alisa
Kleybanova of Russia, 7-5, 6-3, while Bartoli downed Virginia Ruano Pascual of
Spain, 6-4, 6-2.
Fourteenth seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus had little trouble with Czech
Iveta Benesova, 6-2, 6-3 and No. 15, Swiss veteran Patty Schnyder, cruised
into the round of 32 with a 6-3, 6-3 pasting of 17-year-old Russian Anastasia
Pavlyuchenkova.
Meanwhile, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, the 21st seed who titled in New
Haven last week, trounced Italian Maria Elena Camerin, 6-1, 6-2, and
No. 29, Austrian Sybille Bammer, disposed of France's Aravane Rezai in
straight sets, 6-1, 7-5.
Mild upsets came when Keothavong took out 25th-seeded Italian Francesca
Schiavone 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 and Zheng dismissed 26th-seeded Spaniard Anabel Medina
Garrigues 6-1, 6-4.
Additional second-round wins came for Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova, Chinese
Na Li and Russian Ekaterina Makarova.
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