Jankovic scrapes through

Originally published on: 26/02/10 11:59

The second seed was taken the distance at Arthur Ashe Stadium by her Swedish opponent before grinding out a 6-3 6-7 (5/7) 7-5 triumph.

A quarter-finalist at last year’s US Open, Jankovic faces 26th seed Anabel Medina Garrigues or Jie Zheng in the next round.

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By Tim Farthing

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