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Jankovic ends six-match losing streak
Jelena Jankovic steadied when it mattered to advance to the second round of the Australian Open with a straight-sets win over Alla Kudryavtseva at Melbourne Par
- Agence France-Presse
- Updated: January 18, 2011 05:12 PM IST
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Melbourne : Former world number one Jelena Jankovic steadied when it mattered to advance to the second round of the Australian Open with a straight-sets win over Alla Kudryavtseva at Melbourne Park on Tuesday.
The Serbian seventh seed, 25, cruised through the first set without dropping a game in just 25 minutes, but was given a scare in the second set, with the 66th-ranked Russian's powerful forehand causing her plenty of problems.
Kudryavtseva led 5-3, but was unable to convert a set point on the Jankovic serve, and was subsequently unable to close out the set on her own serve.
Jankovic steamed to a 6-3 lead in the tiebreak, but a poorly judged forehand enabled Kudryavtseva to stave off the first match point, and she then saved a second.
However, a backhand error by Kudryavtseva handed Jankovic the match, 6-0, 7-6 (7/5), after 83 minutes and ended a six-match losing streak for the Serbian, who battled poor form in the latter part of 2010.
The 2008 Australian Open semi-finalist actually hit one less winner than the 23-year-old Russian, 18 to 19, but made eight fewer unforced errors (32 to 24) and fired down 10 aces.
The Serbian seventh seed, 25, cruised through the first set without dropping a game in just 25 minutes, but was given a scare in the second set, with the 66th-ranked Russian's powerful forehand causing her plenty of problems.
Kudryavtseva led 5-3, but was unable to convert a set point on the Jankovic serve, and was subsequently unable to close out the set on her own serve.
Jankovic steamed to a 6-3 lead in the tiebreak, but a poorly judged forehand enabled Kudryavtseva to stave off the first match point, and she then saved a second.
However, a backhand error by Kudryavtseva handed Jankovic the match, 6-0, 7-6 (7/5), after 83 minutes and ended a six-match losing streak for the Serbian, who battled poor form in the latter part of 2010.
The 2008 Australian Open semi-finalist actually hit one less winner than the 23-year-old Russian, 18 to 19, but made eight fewer unforced errors (32 to 24) and fired down 10 aces.
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