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 | Jankovic flew from Wimbledon at the start, Serena took victory21-06-2011 |
Former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia was eliminated in the first round of the repudiation of the UK Championship in tennis. 15th-seeded Jankovic gave to Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spain) 7-5, 4-6, 3-6. 2:23 meeting continued. 26-year-old admitted four belgradchanka pierced and made 34 unforced errors. In the second round, Sanchez will face Monica Niculescu Romanians. Defending champion Serena Williams (USA) started with a victory participation. Fourfold winner in the tournament lost a set but beat Arava Rezai (France) in the first round with 6:3, 3:6, 6:1 to 1:36. American, which is number 7 in the scheme, has not played since the beginning of July last year for a series of injuries. For her it was only the third game of last year's "Wimbledon", when he won the title. 29-year-old Williams made 13 aces and 4 breaks in the match but conceded twice losing his serve in the game. Ameriknakata a decisive break early in the third set and the second round of the tournament where they will meet Romanian Simona Halepa that beat Boyana Jovanovski (Serbia) 6-1, 6-2. Wins today made two more questions. Petra Kvitova Number 8 (Czech Republic) beat Alexa Glatch (USA) 6-2, 6-2 and 11th in the scheme Andrea Petkovic (Germany) beat Stephanie Forets (France) 6-3, 6-4.