Jelena Jankovic gets win in Spain
May 10, 2009 by Bumeral sports news
Filed under Tennis
MADRID, Spain, May 10, 2009 .- The Serbian Jelena Jankovic on Sunday defeated the Spanish Nuria Llagostera with partial 6-1 and 6-2 in the first round of the Madrid Open, a tournament all the tours and ATP WTA. Agnes Szavay, Hungary, beat Italian Flavia Pennetta, twelfth in the classification, by 6-3, 6-7 (2) and 6-2 in the clay court tennis center of the new “Magic Box”. In the first round of the male branch, 16 ranked Tommy Robredo of Spain, defeated by German Nicolas Kiefer 3-6, 6-2 and 6-2, while the Spanish wild card Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Igor Kunitsyn of Russia, by 6-3, 4-6 and 6-4. Meanwhile, the Swiss Roger Federer said that could still defeat the Spanish Rafael Nadal, even in his preferred surface. “I know I can defeat him on clay after having played so many tournaments against him is that surface,” added Federer. The first round of the women’s doubles, the pair formed by Argentina’s Gisela Dulko and Shahar Peer of Israel beat the U.S. Jill Craybas and partial to Italian Francesca Schiavone 3-6, 6-3 and 10-6 in sudden death. Chuang Chia-jung of Taiwan, and Sania Mirza of India, beating Maria Emilia Salerni of Argentina, and Silvia Soler Espinosa, Spain, on 6-3 and 6-4.
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