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Aug 29, 2008, 17:45 GMT

Jankovic struggles through marathon win

New York - Second seed Jelena Jankovic struggled to avoid the upset fate which befell top-seeded compatriot Ana Ivanovic the day before, fighting past China's Zheng Jie 7-5, 7-5 on Friday at the US Open. Jankovic booked into the fourth round at the final Grand Slam of the season, but took two hours, 10 minutes to go through in a dramatic afternoon on court. The Serb failed to serve out a straightforward win leading a set and 5-4. Instead, the 37th-ranked Zheng set up a battle which only ended with an 18-minute final game stretching to 11 deuces. Jankovic went through on her fifth match point after double- faulting away her fourth to next play either 14th seed Victoria Azarenka of Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki.

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