Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Jankovic wins Kremlin Cup

Moscow, RUSSIA, October 12, 2008 - World number one Jelena Jankovic of Serbia beat Russian Vera Zvonareva in the final to win the women's Kremlin tennis Cup on Sunday.




Jankovic overpowered Zvonareva 6-2, 6-4 in one hour 21 minutes to win her third title in a row and clinch her fourth crown this year.

The top seed led 4-2 in the second but allowed the seventh seed to break back to level at 4-4.

Jankovic, however, earned another break in the ninth game before going on to clinch victory after 81 minutes.

The 23-year-old Serbian received a 197,000-dollar prize check.

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