Jankovic and Davenport breeze into third round

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Serbia's world number four Jelena Jankovic and twice champion Lindsay Davenport cruised through their opening matches in the Pacific Life Open second round on Saturday.

Jankovic, shrugging off gusting winds at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, crushed American wildcard Ahsha Rolle 6-0 6-2 and Davenport advanced when Argentina's Gisela Dulko retired hurt with a thigh strain trailing 2-6.

The Serb, who reached her third grand slam semi-final at the Australian Open in January before losing to eventual winner Maria Sharapova, broke Rolle three times in each set to seal victory in just under an hour.

"The first rounds are always tough, especially in the windy conditions, and you have to be really focused and try to move your feet," Jankovic told reporters after surprisingly losing the first two games of the second set.

"That's what I did today so I'm really glad with my performance. I'm happy to get through.

"The conditions are the same for both of us, but that's the game and that's the challenge that we have."

Jankovic, seeded third for the elite Masters Series event, next faces Japan's Ai Sugiyama or Hungarian qualifier Greta Arn.

American Davenport, champion at Indian Wells in 1997 and 2000 and runner-up here four times, broke in the opening game before Dulko summoned a fitness trainer when losing 2-3 on the Stadium Court.