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Williams, Jankovic, Safina, Zvonareva, Petrova advance to quarters

Associated Press

Thursday, October 2, 2008

STUTTGART, Germany -- Venus Williams reached the Porsche Grand Prix quarterfinals, defeating Kateryna Bondarenko 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday one day after sister Serena was beaten and lost her No. 1 ranking. Jelena Jankovic won her first match since learning that she will regain the top ranking, defeating Alona Bondarenko 6-2, 6-0. Williams, seeded sixth, served 12 aces and won in 66 minutes. She fell behind 3-1 but recovered to break serve twice in taking the first set. "She played really well," ...

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