Safina advances; Jankovic bounced early
MELBOURNE, Australia - Dinara Safina advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open on Thursday, winning her first match on the major's marquee court since her lopsided loss to Serena Williams in last year's final.
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Jelena Jankovic just keeps running into trouble at the Grand Slams.
Second-seeded Safina beat Britain's Elena Baltacha 6-1, 6-2 in her return to Rod Laver Arena and eighth-seeded Jankovic was upset by No. 31 Alona Bondarenko, falling 6-2, 6-3 for her first loss in 10 meetings with the Ukraine player.
Both Safina and Jankovic have held the No. 1 ranking, but neither has won a Grand Slam singles title. Only Safina, who has been a runner-up three times, can make that breakthrough here.
"I'm happy to be back here in Rod Laver, I didn't have too many good memories from last year so I turned it around and tried to forget the bad memories," said Safina, the younger sister of 2005 Australian Open champion Marat Safin.
"I had some unbelievable matches here in Rod Laver: dramas, fighting, running," she recalled of the happier times in her run to the 2009 final.
Jankovic made 40 unforced errors against 13 winners. She hasn't gone bey
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