Dementieva,Jankovic out of Pan Pacific Open
Saturday, 20 September 2008
TOKYO, Sept 19 (AFP): Former world number one Jelena Jankovic and Beijing Olympic gold medallist Elena Dementieva both suffered upset losses in the quarter-finals at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament Friday.
Serbian top seed Jankovic, who was hoping to regain the number one ranking by winning in Tokyo, crashed to a 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 defeat to the 2004 US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, fifth seed.
The second-seeded Dement ieva, the winner here in 2006, failed to keep an early lead before going down to qualifier Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia 6-3, 6-4.
Serbian top seed Jankovic, who was hoping to regain the number one ranking by winning in Tokyo, crashed to a 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 defeat to the 2004 US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, fifth seed.
The second-seeded Dement ieva, the winner here in 2006, failed to keep an early lead before going down to qualifier Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia 6-3, 6-4.