Jankovic upset by Arvidsson in Brussels
Posted May 18, 2011 1:25 pm.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Sweden’s Sofia Arvidsson upset fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Brussels Open.
It was the latest setback for Jankovic on clay this spring. She has failed to progress beyond the second round of three of the four tournaments she has played on the surface. Last week, she reached the quarter-finals in Rome for her best clay-court result this year.
Jankovic has reached the semifinals of Roland Garros three of the last four years.
Second-seeded Vera Zvonareva was luckier, surviving an early scare to beat Kazakh Galina Voskoboeva 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 to advance.
French Open champion Francesca Schiavone reached the quarter-finals by beating American lucky loser Irina Falconi 6-4, 6-4. She will next play Japan’s Ayumi Morita, who edged Casey Dellacqua of Australia in a three-setter 1-6, 6-0, 7-5.
In an all-Belgian battle, sixth-seeded Yanina Wickmayer edged past 17-year-old qualifier Alison Van Uytvanck 7-6 (2), 6-4. Wickmayer will face either top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki or American Varvara Lepchenko, who play late Wednesday, in the quarter-final.
Eighth-seeded Peng Shuai of China joined the Russian in the last eight, beating qualifier Abigail Spears of the United States 6-2, 6-0.
The clay-court tournament is the last preparation event for the French Open, which opens on Sunday.
