Jankovic, Petkovic win in doubles

CHARLESTON - Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Andrea Petkovic of Germany got off to a successful start at the WTA doubles tennis tournament in Charleston by beating Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond of the United States 7-5, 2-6, 10-7 in the first round.

Jankovic and Petkovic will face the winners of the match between Raquel Kops-Jones/Abigail Spears (United States) and Jarmila Gajdosova (Australia)/Saisai Zheng (China).

The Serbian was seeded in the first round of the singles tournament, and will face Lauren Davis of the United States in the next round.

The prize money at Charleston totals USD 710,000.

Photo Tanjug/T. Valic (Archive)

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