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Jankovic rallies to beat Dementieva

MOSCOW: World’s No. 1 and top seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia battled back from a set down to reach the final of the Kremlin Cup, a joint ATP and WTA $2.4 million event, beating third seed Elena Dementieva of Russia on Saturday.

Jankovic, who is seeking her season’s fourth title and third in a row here, won 0-6, 6-1, 6-0 in one hour 44 minutes to record her sixth win over Dementieva in their ninth head-to-head meeting and set up a meeting with home hope Vera Zvonareva.

In Sunday’s final Jankovic will face the seventh-seeded Zvonareva of Russia, who beat her compatriot Dinara Safina, the second seed, 6-2, 7-6(5) in one hour 31 minutes.

The results:

At Moscow: Kremlin Cup: Women: Semifinals: Jelena Jankovic bt Elena Dementieva 0-6, 6-1, 6-0; Vera Zvonareva bt Dinara Safina 6-2, 7-6(5). Quarterfinals: Jelena Jankovic bt Flavia Penetta 7-6(6), 6-3; Dinara Safina bt Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 7-5.

Men: Semifinals: Marat Safin bt Mischa Zverev (walkover); Igor Kunitsyn bt Fabrice Santoro 6-4, 6-3. Quarterfinals: Marat Safin bt Nikolay Davydenko 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-4; Igor Kunitsyn bt Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 6-2.

At Stockholm: Stockholm Open: Semifinals: David Nalbandian bt Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 6-1; Robin Soderling bt Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-0. Quarterfinals: Robin Soderling bt Rainer Schuettler 6-2, 7-5; David Nalbandian bt Albert Montanes 6-4, 6-1.

At Vienna: Bank Austria Trophy: Semifinals: Gael Monfils bt Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(2). Quarterfinals: Philipp Petzschner bt Carlos Moya 6-4, 6-2; Feliciano Lopez bt Juergen Melzer 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Gael Monfils bt Fernando Gonzalez 6-3, 7-6(2); Philipp Kohlschreiber bt Fernando Verdasco 6-2, 6-3. — Agencies

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