Jelena Janković

CINCINNATI - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic beat Ukraine's Elina Svitolina 6-2 6-3 at the WTA Cincinnati 2014 on Saturday to reach the semifinals.

Her next opponent will be Russia's Maria Sharapova, who beat Simona Halep of Romania 3-6 6-4 6-4.

Another Serbian contender, Jelena Jankovic, lost to Serena Williams of the US 6-1 6-3.

CINCINNATI - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic are both through to the quarter-finals of the USD 2.56 million WTA Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati.

Jankovic beat Sloane Stephens of the United States 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 late Thursday, while Ivanovic defeated Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova (6-2, 2-6, 6-3) early Friday.

CINCINNATI - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic have reached the third round of the USD 2,567,300 Cincinnati WTA Masters 1000 tournament.

In the second round, Jankovic beat Annika Beck of Germany 6-1, 7-6 (7-0) early Thursday, while Ivanovic defeated Christina McHale 6-4, 6-0.

MONTREAL – After frustrating Ana Ivanovic’s Rogers Cup bid on Thursday, American Coco Vandeweghe pulled out a surprise 7-6 (10-8) 2-6, 7-5 victory over Serbia’s best female tennis player Jelena Jankovic Friday morning CET.

It took Vandeweghe two hours and 38 minutes to secure her spot in the quarterfinals.

MONTREAL - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic reached the third round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal early Thursday by beating Sloane Stephens of the United States 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in a marathon match that lasted three hours and 20 minutes.

Jankovic will next face Coco Vandeweghe of the United States, who beat Serbia's Ana Ivanovic 7-6 (9-7), 6-7 (7-9), 4-6 early Thursday.

MONTREAL - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic and Klara Koukalova of the Czech Republic got off to a winning start in the Rogers Cup women's doubles in Montreal early Wednesday by beating the Georgian-Ukrainian pair of Oksana Kalashnikova and Olga Savchuk 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 10-0.

MONTREAL - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic reached the second round of the Montreal WTA Premier tournament late Tuesday by beating Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 6-1, 6-2.

The Serbian will next play Coco Vandeweghe of the United States, who beat China's Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-4.

LONDON - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic got off to a successful start at Wimbledon by beating Francesca Schiavone of Italy 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in the tournament's first round late Tuesday.

The match lasted 92 minutes. Schiavone proved to be a difficult opponent, in particular in the first set, but Ivanovic claimed her sixth victory in as many matches against the Italian.

LONDON - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic suffered a surprise first-round loss at the WTA tournament in Eastbourne to American Madison Keys 6-3, 6-3.

Third seed Jankovic had the role of favorite in the match against the 19-year-old World No. 47, but Keys staged an upset in just over one hour, avenging her own first-round loss to Jankovic at last year's US Open.

PARIS - Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Russia's Alisa Kleybanova progressed into round-of-16 at the French Open on a walkover as the Canadian/Russian pairing of Sharon Fichman and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova retired before their match on Friday.