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Italian Open: Kuznetsova, Jankovic advance
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Jelena Jankovic advanced to the third round of the Italian Open on Wednesday.
- Indo-Asian News Service
- Updated: May 17, 2007 02:45 PM IST
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The second-seeded Kuznetsova beat Mara Santangelo 6-3, 6-3, and Jankovic eliminated 16-year-old Austrian qualifier Tamira Paszek 6-3, 6-4.
"The first match is always hard. The surface is a little different from last week," said Kuznetsova, who lost to Ana Ivanovic on Sunday in the German Open final. "I'm playing very good tennis though."
Also, sixth-seeded Dinara Safina beat Kaia Kanepi 7-6 (5), 6-2 and 10th-seeded Elena Dementieva eliminated Catalina Castano 6-4, 6-3.
Safina, last year's runner-up, struggled with her consistency, but was helped by her Estonian opponent's 10 double faults.
"I was very nervous at the beginning. I couldn't find my game," Safina said. "I'm going to work on it now and hopefully tomorrow it will be better."
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Jelena Jankovic advanced to the third round of the Italian Open on Wednesday.The second-seeded Kuznetsova beat Mara Santangelo 6-3, 6-3, and Jankovic eliminated 16-year-old Austrian qualifier Tamira Paszek 6-3, 6-4.
"The first match is always hard. The surface is a little different from last week," said Kuznetsova, who lost to Ana Ivanovic on Sunday in the German Open final. "I'm playing very good tennis though."
Also, sixth-seeded Dinara Safina beat Kaia Kanepi 7-6 (5), 6-2 and 10th-seeded Elena Dementieva eliminated Catalina Castano 6-4, 6-3.
Safina, last year's runner-up, struggled with her consistency, but was helped by her Estonian opponent's 10 double faults.
"I was very nervous at the beginning. I couldn't find my game," Safina said. "I'm going to work on it now and hopefully tomorrow it will be better."
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