Williams sisters shine on opening matches; Jankovic ousted in straight sets

The Williams sisters were on fire in their opening match on Saturday, as they ousted their opponents in easy straight sets, while it was an awful day for No. 3 seed Jelena Jankovic, who was humiliated by Gisela Dulko in straight sets.

Top seed Serena demolished wildcard Alexa Glatch, 62 63, while No. 5 seed Venus won to Shahar Peer, 63 63.

"I played okay. I can probably play better, but there are jitters going out there in your first match. No one wants to go out in the first round. I'll need to keep playing better."

"I hadn't played in almost four weeks, so it was just a little bit of a slow start," Williams said. "Shahar tries on every shot. Even if she's 5-1 down, she's still trying to get that game and that set. I appreciate her attitude. It's refreshing."

Jankovic lost to Dulko with a score of 64 76(5). Jankovic led 4-2 in the first set, and 5-2 in the second, even having two set points.

No. 6 seed Vera Zvonareva won easily to Tathiana Garbin, 64 61; No. 9 seed Nadia Petrova won to qualifier Michaella Krajicek, 36 64 62; and No. 10 seed Agnieszka Radwanska defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn, 46 63 62.

Saturday, March 28, 2008

Singles - Second Round
[1] S Williams (USA) d [WC] A Glatch (USA) 62 63
G Dulko (ARG) d [3] J Jankovic (SRB) 64 76(5)

[5] V Williams (USA) d S Peer (ISR) 63 63

[6] V Zvonareva (RUS) d T Garbin (ITA) 64 61

[9] N Petrova (RUS) d [Q] M Krajicek (NED) 36 64 62

[10] A Radwanska (POL) d T Tanasugarn (THA) 46 63 62

[14] A Cornet (FRA) d B Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 64 76(4)

[16] D Cibulkova (SVK) d [Q] K Sprem (CRO) 64 63

[17] J Zheng (CHN) d [Q] J Goerges (GER) 64 62

[19] A Medina Garrigues (ESP) d A Kudryavtseva (RUS) 76(3) 64

[21] K Kanepi (EST) d M Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 46 64 75

E Makarova (RUS) d [23] A Sugiyama (JPN) 63 64

[26] I Benesova (CZE) d S Lisicki (GER) 62 64

A Groenefeld (GER) d [30] S Errani (ITA) 64 63

N Li (CHN) d [29] A Wozniak (CAN) 75 63

[32] S Peng (CHN) d M Santangelo (ITA) 75 63