Jankovic moves to next round

Fourth-seed Jelena Jankovic needed just over an hour on Wednesday to breeze into the second-round of Stuttgart's WTA tournament with a straight sets win over Gisela Dulko.

Former world number one Jankovic is on course to meet last year's beaten finalist Dinara Safina in the quarter-finals, but first faces Bulgarian qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova in Thursday's second-round match. Jankovic of Serbia blasted two aces and took the first set after just 32 minutes against the Argentinian before slowing briefly in the second, but was in firm control for a 6-2, 6-2, win in 75 minutes.

"It went well for the first match, they are always tough - she is a hard opponent to play, especially on clay," said Jankovic. STUTTGART, AFP