Top-seeded Jankovic ousts American King

QUEBEC CITY—Top-seeded Jelena Jankovic rallied for a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 win over American Vania King at the 175,000 dollar WTA Bell Challenge.
In June, the 21-year-old Jankovic edged King 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, in the second round at Wimbledon.
A surprise semi-finalist at the US Open, the Serbian dropped just four games in her first-round match against Milagros Sequera of Venezuela, while King had to rally past Varvara Lepchenko of Uzbekistan, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Jankovic moves on to face eighth-seeded Russian Olga Poutchkova in Friday’s quarter-finals of the tier III hardcourt event.
Poutchkova overcame an early deficit to beat German qualifier Tanja Ostertag 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, in Thursday’s first match.
Also in the top half of the draw, No 4 Severine Bremond rolled to a 6-1, 6-4 triumph over German qualifier Greta Arn.
The Frenchwoman will face Slovakian Martina Sucha in the quarter-finals.
American qualifier Lilia Osterloh routed Russian Anastassia Rodionova 6-4, 6-1, in the only other match Thursday. Osterloh will face Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak on Friday.—Agencies