Jankovic Ousts Veteran Frazier on Stadium Court

There aren’t too many 32 year olds playing on the women’s tennis tour these days. Amy Frazier of the United States is one of them.

On a warm afternoon on Stadium Court, the tour veteran opened her match with a service break and took a 5-3 lead over 11th seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in their first-round Acura Classic match.

But youth eventually won over experience at the La Costa Resort and Spa as Jankovic gained the upper hand and went on to post a 7-5, 6-0 victory.

With the first set tied at 5-5, Jankovic held serve at love to take a 6-5 lead and broke Frazier to win the set.

At 5-0 in the second set, Frazier served to stay in the match, but quickly fell behind 30-15. Jankovic gained her first match point of the afternoon when Frazier double faulted.

The match, which took one-hour and eight minutes, ended on the next point as Frazier netted a backhand.

• Jankovic advances to a second-round match against Hana Sromova of the Czech Republic.
• Jankovic is ranked 68 in the world.
• Jankovic is playing in her second Acura Classic.
• Jankovic improves her 2005 match record to 27-18.
• Jankovic now leads Frazier 2-0 in career head-to-head meetings.
• Frazier is ranked 68 in the world.
• Frazier was making her ninth Acura Classic appearance.
• Frazier’s 2005 match record falls to 11-14.
• Frazier reached the Acura Classic semifinals in 2000.

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