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Defending champion Jankovic ousted

Associated Press

Friday, October 23, 2009

MOSCOW -- Alisa Kleybanova upset defending champion Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-3 Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup. The upset came a day after the second-seeded Jankovic took the last spot for the season-ending WTA Championships in Doha, Qatar. Jankovic dropped serve in the fifth game of each set. Down 5-3 in the second set, Jankovic double-faulted twice to lose the match. Kleybanova will play Olga Govortsova of Belarus, who crusied past Vera Dushevina 6-3, 6-0. Eighth-see ...

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