Agnieszka Radwańska

ROME - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic and Russia's Alisa Kleybanova failed to qualify for the qurterfinals in the WTA doubles event in Rome after losing to the Russian pair Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina in straight sets 7-5, 6-4 late on Thursday.

ROME - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic beat Italy's Flavia Pennetta 6-2 6-3 in Rome on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Italian Open.

Jankovic dominated throughout the match, earning a well-deserved victory against world number 12, her 8th in 10 matches against Pennetta.

She will next face Agnieszka Radwanska from Poland, who beat Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-4 6-1.

LONDON - The best-ranked Serbian female tennis player holds the eighth place in the WTA rankings that were published on Monday, which is one notch up on last week, while Ana Ivanovic remained the world's No. 12.

Jankovic, who suffered a defeat in the Bogota final on Sunday, currently has 4,010 points, surpassing Russia's Maria Sharapova.

As No.12, Ivanovic has 3,280 points.

LONDON - Serbia's best-ranked female tennis player Jelena Jankovic dropped by two positions on the latest WTA list and currently holds the 8th place on the list with the score at 4,150 points.

After a short stay at the 6 position, Jankovic returned to the 8th place as she was overtaken by Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic and Angelique Kerber of Germany.

INDIAN WELLS - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic did not make it to the semifinals of the Indian Wells tennis tournament as she was bested by Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 early on Thursday.

Radwanska is next to play Romanian Simona Halep, who beat Australian Casey Dellacqua 6-2, 6-2.

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INDIAN WELLS - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic made her way into the quarterfinals of the premier WTA tournament at Indian Wells after beating Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6-3, 6-1 late on Tuesday CET.

The Serb will next face either Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland or Alize Cornet od France.

The total prize money for the tournament is USD 5.94 million.

AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

DUBAI - Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic failed to reach the quarterfinals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, losing her second-round match on Wednesday to Venus Williams of the U.S. by 6-2, 6-1.

Williams easily notched her ninth win against Ivanovic in just 56 minutes.