Jankovic gets demolished; Serena advances on Day 8 in Paris

The fourth round at the French Open came to an end on Monday, as No. 5 seed Jelena Jankovic was sent flying home after losing in three tough sets to Sorana Cirstea.

Jankovic was upset by the Romanian with a score of 36 60 97.

"I really wanted to win. Maybe I wanted it too much in the first set and I wasn't playing the right way," said Cirstea, whose win over Jankovic was her second straight Top 10 win, having upset Caroline Wozniacki the round prior. "After I lost the first set I relaxed. I knew I had nothing to lose. I did that until the end of the third set, when I started to get nervous again, but I just tried to keep taking control of the points and stay aggressive."

"It was a really tough match and a tough loss for me," said Jankovic, who was a semifinalist at Roland Garros the last two years. "I should have closed out the match at 6-5, 30-0. All of a sudden, point by point, the game went in her favor and everything got complicated. I'll have to learn from this."

No. 2 seed Serena Williams easily crushed her opponent, Aleksandra Wozniak, 61 62; and No. 7 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova also advanced after winning to No. 12 seed Agnieszka Radwanska, 64 16 61.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Singles - Fourth Round

(2) Serena Williams (USA) d. (24) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 61 62

Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. (5) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 36 60 97

(7) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. (12) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 64 16 61

(30) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Virginie Razzano (FRA) 61 62