Jelena Janković

SHENZHEN - Young Serbian female tennis player Nina Stojanovic has caused a major upset at the Shenzhen WTA tournament by defeating world number 28 Timea Babos of Hungary 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 Monday to reach the last sixteen stage.

Stojanovic won after slightly over two hours of play and will next face Ons Jabeur of Tunisia.

SHENZHEN - Serbia's top-ranked female tennis player Jelena Jankovic has suffered an early exit at the Shenzhen WTA tournament after losing 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to Romania's Simona Halep in the first round.

World number four Halep, who won after an hour and 49 minutes of play, will next face Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic.

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.

HONG KONG - Serbia's highest-ranked female tennis player Jelena Jankovic beat compatriot Aleksandra Krunic 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong WTA tournament.

Jankovic won their first-ever encounter after an hour and a half of play.

HONG KONG - Serbia's highest-ranked female tennis player Jelena Jankovic has got off to a successful start at the Hong Kong WTA tournament after beating American Samantha Crawford 6-3, 6-1.

She will next face compatriot Aleksandra Krunic, who defeated Luxika Kumkhum of Thailand 6-1, 6-0 on Monday.

It will be Jankovic and Krunic's first-ever encounter.

WUHAN - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic has been ousted from the WTA tennis tournament in Wuhan, China, after losing to Czech Barbora Strycova 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the round of last 16 early Thursday.

Strycova came from a set behind to win the match after nearly two and a half hours of play.

The prize money in Wuhan is 2,589,000 dollars.

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WUHAN - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic is through to the last 16 of the WTA tennis tournament in Wuhan, China, after beating world number 3 Garbine Muguruza of Spain 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) in Round 2 on Tuesday.

Jankovic won after 102 minutes of play and is now 2-3 head-to-head against Muguruza.

WUHAN - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic has got off to a successful start at the WTA tennis tournament in Wuhan, China, after beating Australian Daria Gavrilova 6-2, 6-2 in the opening round.

Jankovic won after 87 minutes of play and is now 2-0 head-to-head against Gavrilova.

GUANGZHOU - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic will be defending her title at the Guangzhou WTA tennis tournament after beating Ana Konjuh of Croatia 7-5, 7-6 (9-7) in the semi-finals on Friday.

Jankovic won after 106 minutes of play and is now 2-0 head-to-head against the Croatian.

GUANGZHOU - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic is through to the semi-finals of the Guangzhou WTA tennis tournament after beating Germany's Sabine Lisicki 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 on Thursday.

Second-seeded Jankovic, who is the defending champion, won after 93 minutes of play and is now 6-1 head-to-head against the German.