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Williams, Safina, Jankovic advance

Associated Press

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

ROME -- Top-ranked Dinara Safina rallied past Zheng Jie 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (3) on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Italian Open, while defending champion Jelena Jankovic advanced after her opponent retired with an illness. Venus Williams struggled to defeat Anna Chakvetadze 6-0, 6-7 (8), 6-4, and Ana Ivanovic squandered a four-game lead in the decisive set against Agnieszka Radwanska to lose 6-1, 3-6, 6-4. Safina is looking to win her first title since becoming No. 1 last month. The 23- ...

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