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Venus, Serena win; Jankovic upset

Associated Press

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Serena and Venus Williams remained on track to meet in the semifinals but Jelena Jankovic was beaten in the third round of the Dubai Championships on Wednesday. Top-seeded Serena beat Zheng Jie of China 6-4, 6-2, while sixth-seeded Venus put away Alize Cornet of France 6-3, 6-2. Third-seeded Jankovic, the runner-up in 2005 and a semifinalist the last two years, lost her first match with Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 6-2, 7-5. It was Kanepi's first win over a top five pl ...

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