Halep into quarterfinals, Jankovic hits 600 win
Xinhua, September 23, 2015 Adjust font size:
Top seeded Simona Halep eased past Timea Babos to reach quarterfinals in Guangzhou Open, while Jelena Jankovic overcame Francesca Schiavone to reach 600 wins.
Halep was just ahead 5-4 after 40 minutes on the court, but the Romanian reeled off seven games in a row to run away with a 6-4, 6-0 victory.
The top seed will face Denisa Allertova, who edged out Bojana Jovanovski 6-3, 7-6(5).
Fourth seed Jelena Jankovic outlasted Francesca Schiavone 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 after a nearly three-hour marathon match, joined Williams sisters into the 600-win club. Jankovic became the third active player to reach 600 career match wins after Serena Williams' 737 and Venus Williams' 698.
All other seeds advanced to the last eight, with No.3 seed Sara Errani edging Chinese qualifier Zhang Kailin, 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-2, No.5 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova eliminating Urszula Radwanska, 6-0, 6-1, No.6 seed Monica Niculescu beating Swedish qualifier Rebecca Peterson, 6-3, 6-2, and No.8 seed Zheng Saisai overcoming Estonian qualifier Anett Kontaveit, 6-1, 7-6(11). Endi