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Dementieva quarterfinal winner at Open

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. (UPI) -- Second seed Jelena Jankovic and fifth seed Elena Dementieva will meet in the semifinals at the U.S. Open after both posted victories Tuesday.

The Serbian Jankovic, who was ranked No. 1 in the world for one week last month, defeated 29th seed Sybille Bammer of Austria, 6-1, 6-4. Earlier in the day, Dementieva, the Olympic gold medalist, beat Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 6-2, 6-3.

Dementieva will appear in her fourth U.S. Open semifinal in nine years. She reached the final here in 2004, but lost to fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova.

The two-time major finalist Dementieva reached the quarterfinals at the French Open in June, and was a semifinalist at Wimbledon in July.

Wednesday, fourth-seeded Serena Williams plays her sister, seventh-seeded Venus Williams in the quarterfinals.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 09/02/2008

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