If this title goes into the hands of Jelena Jankovic, she will be named No. 1 for the first time in her career, and so far the run is going well, after her straight set victory against Vania King
Jankovic, seeded first here and ranked second, could make this week her most greatest week of her career, that is, if she wins the title. In her first match, she was pushed hard by the American in the first set, but tokk full control in the second, to sustain a 75 62 victory in an hour and 19 minutes.
"I felt a little bit slow; but it's my first match of the summer on hardcourts, so it's all about getting used to everything in the match," Jankovic said. "I'm happy I was able to come back from two set points down. It's good I was able to win the first set because I didn't really want to go to three sets."
If the Serb will capture the No. 1 spot, she will replace countrywoman Ana Ivanovic.
"Four more matches is a lot to go, but I will try my best," Jankovic said. "I wasn't happy with the way I played today but it's only the first match. A win is a win and hopefully I will keep getting better during the week."
Other seeded winners were No.4 seed Dinara Safina, No.5 seed Vera Zvonareva, No.8 seed Victoria Azarenka, No.9 seed Nadia Petrova, No.10 seed Flavia Pennetta and No.14 seed Sybille Bammer. Petrova and Pennetta were the only ones pushed to three sets; Petrova beat Akgul Amanmuradova, 61 36 61, while Pennetta beat Tamira Paszek, 26 61 64.
Patty Schnyder, Nicole Vaidisova, Dominika Cibulkova and Sania Mirza were the latest seeded upset victims of the week. No.7 seed Schnyder was ousted by Ai Sugiyama, 64 75; No.11 seed Vaidisova lost to wildcard Bethanie Mattek, 64 60; No.15 seed Cibulkova lost to qualifier Alla Kudryavtseva, 36 75 64; and No.16 seed Mirza lost to Yuan Meng, 64 63.
Those who won in an unseeded battle were Samantha Stosur, Melinda Czink and Melanie South.
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