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Jankovic reaches Indian Wells final

March 21, 2010 00:00:00


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INDIAN WELLS, California, March 20 (AFP): Former world number one Jelena Jankovic, trying to jump start a disappointing 2010 campaign, beat Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-4 Friday to reach the BNP Paribas Open women's final.
"I feel great. I'm so happy to be in the finals for the first time here," said Jankovic, whose previous best performance in Indian Wells was a semi-final loss to eventual champion Ana Ivanovic in 2008.
"I haven't been doing well the last couple tournaments," added Jankovic, who fell in the third round at both the Australian Open and the Dubai Open last month, and bowed out in the first round at Sydney and Monterrey.
The 25-year-old Serbian, who had won both of her previous matches against Stosur, said the Australian made it tougher than the score might have indicated on a windy afternoon on stadium court.

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