Kazakh qualifier ousts Jankovic from Moscow
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October 22, 2010, Friday
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KAZAKH qualifier Zarina Diyas beat top-seeded Jelena Jankovic 6-1, 6-2 yesterday in the second round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow.
The 268th-ranked Diyas, who celebrated her 17th birthday on Monday, led 5-0 in the first set when Jankovic, 2008 champion here, called for a doctor and had her blood pressure checked.
Jankovic, who has qualified for next week's WTA championships, managed to break back early in the second set but Diyas then broke the Serb two times.
"I had nothing to lose," Diyas said. "I just relaxed and played my best tennis."
Jankovic said she had been feeling unwell since coming from a tournament in China.
"I got an infection and have been on antibiotics for a week or so," she said.
"Unfortunately I wasn't ready to play at my level. I was suffering on the court but I really wanted to be out there and didn't want to retire. I finished as well as I could, but obviously it was tough for me to focus on my tennis as I had a hard time breathing."
No. 7-ranked Jankovic hopes to recover in time for the end-of-season championships starting on Tuesday.
"Doha is a different type of tournament," she said. "You can lose a match and still win the whole tournament. So anything can happen, but for me the biggest concern is being healthy. I will see the doctors, take some blood tests and take some more medicine."
Diyas will face sixth-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia, who routed Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-0, 6-0.
The 24th-ranked Kirilenko, who is looking for her first title this season, broke Bondarenko three times in each set.
Vera Dushevina advanced to the quarterfinals with 6-4, 6-2 win over her fellow Russian Elena Vesnina.
In the men's second round, Horacio Zebalos of Argentina beat Romanian qualifier Victor Crivoi 7-5, 7-6 (1), while Alexandr Dolgopolov upset his fellow Ukrainian, seventh-seeded Sergiy Stakhovsky, 6-2, 7-6 (4).
The 268th-ranked Diyas, who celebrated her 17th birthday on Monday, led 5-0 in the first set when Jankovic, 2008 champion here, called for a doctor and had her blood pressure checked.
Jankovic, who has qualified for next week's WTA championships, managed to break back early in the second set but Diyas then broke the Serb two times.
"I had nothing to lose," Diyas said. "I just relaxed and played my best tennis."
Jankovic said she had been feeling unwell since coming from a tournament in China.
"I got an infection and have been on antibiotics for a week or so," she said.
"Unfortunately I wasn't ready to play at my level. I was suffering on the court but I really wanted to be out there and didn't want to retire. I finished as well as I could, but obviously it was tough for me to focus on my tennis as I had a hard time breathing."
No. 7-ranked Jankovic hopes to recover in time for the end-of-season championships starting on Tuesday.
"Doha is a different type of tournament," she said. "You can lose a match and still win the whole tournament. So anything can happen, but for me the biggest concern is being healthy. I will see the doctors, take some blood tests and take some more medicine."
Diyas will face sixth-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia, who routed Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-0, 6-0.
The 24th-ranked Kirilenko, who is looking for her first title this season, broke Bondarenko three times in each set.
Vera Dushevina advanced to the quarterfinals with 6-4, 6-2 win over her fellow Russian Elena Vesnina.
In the men's second round, Horacio Zebalos of Argentina beat Romanian qualifier Victor Crivoi 7-5, 7-6 (1), while Alexandr Dolgopolov upset his fellow Ukrainian, seventh-seeded Sergiy Stakhovsky, 6-2, 7-6 (4).
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