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Jankovic makes third round in Hong Kong
HONG KONG: Defending champion Jelena Jankovic ousted fellow Serb Aleksandra Krunic to reach the Hong Kong Open third round on a rain-hit Wednesday with the other
HONG KONG: Defending champion Jelena Jankovic ousted fellow Serb Aleksandra Krunic to reach the Hong Kong Open third round on a rain-hit Wednesday with the other singles matches suspended.
Jankovic, the seventh seed, took less than 90 minutes to seal a 6-4, 6-3 win over Krunic, who made six double faults and was broken twice in the opening set.
“She (Krunic) is a player who is very talented and I’ve known her a long time,” Jankovic told reporters. “I used to be her mentor and now I play against her. It’s amazing to see her grow up and come to this stage. “I don’t like to play against someone who is my friend. It’s never easy. I prefer to play someone else, but she played really well.”
TOP SEEDS BREEZE THROUGH IN TIANJIN
BEIJING: Top seeds Agnieszka Radwanska and Svetlana Kuznetsova made short work of their opponents Wednesday to advance in the WTA Tianjin Open. In the last first-round match, world number two and top seed Radwanska took just an hour to beat Germany’s Tatjana Maria, ranked 105, 6-1, 6-2.
Meanwhile 31-year-old Kuznetsova, the second seed, advanced to the third round with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Donna Vekic of Croatia, despite hitting one ace to her opponent’s five.
WU WANTS FOREIGN TRAINING FOR CHINESE
SHANGHAI: Chinese number one Wu Di urged China’s tennis authorities to send players abroad to gain experience after he went tumbling out of the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday.
Li Na won two women’s Grand Slam titles, prompting rapid growth in the sport in China, before retiring in 2014. But China’s men are yet to make an impact.
