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Kuznetsova beats Jankovic

ROME: Seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova dumped reigning champion Jelena Jankovic out of the WTA Italian Open 6-1, 7-6(3) in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

The Russian thus gained vengeance on Jankovic, who beat her in the 2007 final here.

The results: At Rome (WTA Italian Open): Quarterfinals: Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Jelena Jankovic 6-1, 7-6(3). Third round: Dinara Safina bt Zheng Jie 5-7, 6-1, 7-6(3); Venus Williams bt Anna Chakvetadze 6-0, 6-7(8), 6-4; Agnieszka Radwanska bt Ana Ivanovic 6-1, 3-6, 6-4; Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 3-6, 6-0; María José Martínez Sánchez bt Nadia Petrova 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4; Kaia Kanepi bt Patty Schnyder 6-3, 6-0.

At Estoril (Estoril Open): Men: Second round: Nikolay Davydenko bt Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 6-2; James Blake bt Marc Gicquel 7-6(6), 6-2; Albert Montanes bt Simon Greul 6-2, 6-2; Oscar Hernandez bt bt David Ferrer 6-2, 6-4; Mardy Fish bt Ivan Navarro 2-6, 6-1, 6-4. First Round: James Blake bt Frederico Gil 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. Women: Quarterfinals: Ekaterina Makarova bt Maria Kirilenko 5-7, 6-2, 6-2; Anna-Lena Groenefeld bt Sabine Lisicki 6-2, 6-0 retired; Shahar Peer bt Jarmila Groth 6-2, 0-6, 6-3. Second round: Maria Kirilenko bt María Emilia Salerni 6-3, 6-0; Ekaterina Makarova bt Melinda Czink 5-7, 7-5, 7-5; Shahar Peer bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-4, 6-1.

At Munich (BMW Open): Second round: Potito Starace bt Simone Bolelli 6-4, 7-6(5); Marin Cilic bt Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-0, 6-4; Jeremy Chardy bt Nicolas Kiefer 6-4, 7-6(8); Daniel Brands bt Julien Benneteau 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(6). At Belgrade (Serbia Open): Second round: Viktor Troicki bt Marcel Granollers 6-3, 6-4; Novak Djokovic bt Janko Tipsarevic 6-2, 4-6, 6-0; Marcos Daniel bt Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-3; Andreas Seppi bt Leo Mayer 6-4, 6-1. — Agencies

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