Top seed through along with Russians; No. 5 seed Ana ousted in three sets; Dokic through to second week

World No. 1 Jelena Jankovic was among the players who made it to the second week, along with a bunch of Russians and Frenchwomen.

Jankovic had a tough time on court against Ai Sugiyama, as she battled her way through to close out the match with a score of 64 64.

"Today was a tough match," Jankovic said. "I thought I competed much better than in my previous two rounds. Ai is a tough opponent. She doesn't really give me any free points. She fights very well and is a very solid player. I had to work for every point. I'm just happy to get through this kind of match."

No. 3 seed Dinara Safina easily won her match to No. 25 seed Kaia Kanepi, 62 62, No. 7 seed Vera Zvonareva also played some great tennis on Friday, as she beat Sara Errani 64 61, and No. 10 seed Petrova got through to the second week easily, after her opponent, Galina Voskoboeva, retired after losing the first set 61, due to back pain.

There was a lot of talk about Jelena Dokic lately, and how she is playing so well. On Day 5, she proved everyone right, and she was playing great tennis against No. 12 Caroline Woznaicki, and won in three sets, 36 61 62.

No. 5 seed Ana Ivanovic was surprisingly ousted on her way to the second week, by Alisa Kleybanova in three sets, 75 67(5) 62.

"It was so exciting to be out there," said Kleybanova. "These are the moments that we train every day for, we work hard for, we live our life to be there and to play on big courts like this, for all those people that came to watch. I'm so happy that I was able to pull through because I really played my best tennis."

Friday, January 23, 2009

Singles - Third Round

(1) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (26) Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 64 64

(3) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. (25) Kaia Kanepi (EST) 62 62

(29) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. (5) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 75 67(5) 62

(7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 64 61

(10) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 61 ret. (back pain)

(WC) Jelena Dokic (AUS) d. (12) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 36 61 62

(15) Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. (19) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 46 64 62

(16) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 36 62 61