Jelena Jankovic reaches Charleston quarter-finals

CHARLESTON - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic reached the quarter-finals of the WTA tennis tournament in Charleston by beating Ajla Tomljanovic of Croatia 7-5, 6-1 late Thursday.

Jankovic's next opponent will be Eugenie Bouchard of Canada, who beat Venus Williams of the United States 2-1.

Jankovic and Bouchard have a 2-2 head-to-head ratio, and they last played against each other in Charleston last year, when Jankovic won 6-2, 6-1.

The prize money of the Charleston tournament amounts to USD 710,000.

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