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Jankovic stretched

ROME: Double reigning champion Jelena Jankovic was pushed to the brink by Argentine Gisela Dulko at the Italian Open on Tuesday before scraping into the third round with a 6-3, 7-6(6) victory. The third seed was far from her best and was forced to stay on court for almost two hours by a dogged opponent who had been a first round loser here in four out of five previous appearances.

Cornet loses

The Serbian will meet Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko next after she despatched last year’s runner-up Alize Cornet of France 6-4, 6-1 in the only match to be completed before a three and a half hour rain delay.

The results: At Rome (WTA Italian Open): Second round: Kateryna Bondarenko bt Alizé Cornet 6-4, 6-1; Jelena Jankovic bt Gisela Dulko 6-3, 7-6(6).

At Estoril (Estoril Open): Men: First round: Gilles Simon bt Robert Kendrick 6-3, 7-6(7); Mardy Fish bt Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-3, 6-4; Marc Gicquel bt Pablo Andujar 7-6(6), 6-4; Oscar Hernandez bt Rui Machado 7-5, 1-6, 7-5; David Ferrer bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-4, 6-1;Albert Montanes bt Ryan Sweeting 6-1, 7-6(4); Florent Serra bt Diego Junqueira 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.

Women: First round: Sabine Lisicki bt Kirsten Flipkens 6-2, 6-2; Ekaterina Makarova bt Petra Cetkovska 6-4, 6-3; Shahar Peer bt Michelle Larcher de Brito 4-6, 6-0, 6-0; Elena Bovina bt Alla Kudryavtseva 6-1, 6-3; Maret Ani bt Frederica Piedade 6-0, 7-6(4); Ma Emilia Salerni bt Julie Coin 6-4, 6-4; Sorana Cirstea bt Kimiko Date Krumm 6-2, 1-6, 6-2; Maria Kirilenko bt Sharon Fichman 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-3; Barbora Zahlavova Strycova bt Silvia Soler 7-5, 6-4; Melinda Czink bt Eva Fernandez 7-5, 7-5; Maria Emilia Salerni bt Julie Coin 6-4 6-4; Yanina Wickmayer bt Petra Kvitova 6-2, 6-4.

At Munich (BMW Open): First round: Marin Cilic bt Dietar Kindlmann 6-3, 6-2; Thiemo de Bakker bt Rainer Schuettler 6-3, 6-3; Paul-Henri Mathieu bt Lamine Ouahab 6-3, 6-2; Denis Gremelmayr bt Martin Vassallo Arguello 5-1 (retd.); Marin Cilic bt Dieter Kindlmann 6-3, 6-2; Daniel Brands bt Stefan Koubek 6-3, 7-6(2); Andreas Beck bt Mischa Zverev 6-3, 6-4; Potito Starace bt Igor Kunitsyn 7-5, 5-7, 6-3; Julien Benneteau bt Alexander Peya 2-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 .

At Belgrade (Serbia Open): First round: Arnaud Clement bt Steve Darcis 6-1, 6-4; Christophe Rochus bt Nicolas Devilder 6-3, 6-7(7), 7-5; Marcel Granollers bt Filip Krajinovic 6-0, 2-6, 6-2; Marcos Daniel bt Guillermo Canas 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. — Agencies

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