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Jankovic hangs tough to down Arvidsson

NEW YORK
Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:48pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jelena Jankovic was given the run around by Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson before she booked her place in the third round with a nerve-jangling 6-3 6-7 7-5 win at the U.S. Open on Wednesday.

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The second-seeded Serbian twice served for the match in the second set and had also opened a 3-0 lead in the tiebreak but each time Arvidsson pegged her back with a series of stinging groundstrokes.

The world number 63 fell 3-0 behind in the decider before threatening to launch another comeback after Jankovic gifted her the break in the seventh game with a double fault.

But Jankovic kept her wits about her to seal victory when Arvidsson shoved a backhand long on match point. She will next face either Wimbledon semi-finalist Zheng Jie or Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues.

(Reporting by Pritha Sarkar; Editing by Mark Lamport-Stokes)
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