World number one Jelena Jankovic overcame a dreadful start to power past holder Elena Dementieva 0-6, 6-1, 6-0 in the Kremlin Cup semi-finals on Saturday.
The Russian third seed blew Jankovic off the court in the first set but the Serb, making her debut in Moscow, returned the favour by taking 12 of the last 13 games to clinch the see-saw encounter that lasted one hour 45 minutes.
The in-form Jankovic, who won titles in Stuttgart and Beijing in the past two weeks, will face second seed Dinara Safina or her Russian compatriot, number seven Vera Zvonareva, who meet in the second semi later on Saturday.
Also, men's seventh seed Marat Safin, who eliminated top seed and three-times Kremlin Cup winner Nikolay Davydenko in the quarters, takes on 98th-ranked German Mischa Zverev followed by unseeded Russian Igor Kunitsyn meeting Frenchman Fabrice Santoro.
No comments:
Post a Comment