Jankovic Breezes Past King

Second-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia used a strong baseline game to overpower American Vania King, 6-3, 6-0, in one hour and two minutes to advance to the third round of the 2007 Acura Classic.

Jankovic, who reached the French Open semifinals earlier this year, took a 3-0 lead in the first set as she lost only six points. King would come back to win three of the four games, but the Serbian still had a 4-3 lead.

After Jankovic easily held serve for a 5-3 lead, King served to stay in the first set, but was broken at love.

The Serbian swept the second set at love in 31 minutes as she broke King’s serve three times.

• Jankovic advances to a third-round match against the winner of the Maria Kirilenko / Lucie Safarova match.
• Jankovic now leads King 3-0 in career head-to-head meetings.
• Jankovic is ranked third in the world.
• Jankovic is making her fourth career Acura Classic appearance. She reached the third round here in 2005 and 2006.
• Jankovic has represented Serbia in the Olympics and Fed Cup play.
• King was making her second career Acura Classic appearance. She lost in the first round of the main draw in 2006 as a qualifier.
• King is ranked 86 in the world.
• King has represented the U.S. in Fed Cup play.

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