Jelena Jankovic beats Venus Williams, advances to semifinals in Rome
Defending champion Jelena Jankovic, seeded fourth, dismantled Venus Williams' power game and advanced to the semifinals of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. Jankovic defeated Williams 5-7 6-3 6-2.
"I was fighting for every point," said the world No.4. "Venus is really strong, and to win you have to really play your best."
I didn’t get to see the match, but as I can read in the news, Williams was let down by her forehand.
In the semis Jelena Jankovic will meet either ninth-seeded Patty Schnyder or second-seeded Maria Sharapova, who are now playing their quarterfinal. The other semifinal will feature French qualifier Alize Cornet, who advanced as injured Serena Williams withdrew, and sixth seed Russian Anna Chakvetadze.
Today I woke up with the news that Venus Williams will be sidelined for an indefinite period of time. What? How did this come about?
Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Venus Williams 6-4 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.
United States will be without Venus and Serena Williams for the Fed Cup semifinal against Russia in Moscow.
The Williams sisters played each other for the first time after almost three years and the younger one, Serena Williams, won the thrilling Bangalore semifinal 6-3 3-6 7-6 to ensure a meeting with world No.12 Patty Schnyder in the final of the Indian tournament.
