Anastasiya Pavlyuchenko

Jankovic beats Ostapenko in Moscow

MOSCOW - Serbia's highest-ranked female tennis player Jelena Jankovic has got off to a successful start at the Moscow WTA tournament after beating Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 6-3, 6-3 Tuesday.

Jankovic won after 76 minutes of play and will next face the winner of the match between Anastasiya Pavlyuchenko of Russia and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic.