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DOHA: World No. 1 Jelena Jankovic beat Roland Garros champion Ana Ivanovic 6-3, 6-4 in their opening White Group match at the WTA Championships on Tuesday. In the same group, eighth seed Vera Zvonareva downed fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2, 6-3 while American Venus Williams defeated second-seeded Russian Dinara Safina 7-5, 6-3 in the Maroon Group. Jankovic made the better start, breaking for 2-0 and holding a break point for 4-0 before Ivanovic settled. A fine crosscourt forehand gave Ivanovic a break in the fifth game but her opponent stopped her in her tracks by forcing a backhand error to break for 4-2. The results: White group: Vera Zvonareva bt Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2, 6-3; Jelena Jankovic bt Ana Ivanovic 6-3, 6-4. Maroon group: Venus Williams bt Dinara Safina 7-5, 6-3.
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