Jankovic rolls; Azarenka falls in Stuttgart

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04/29/2009 - Stuttgart, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Reigning champion Jelena Jankovic was an easy opening-round winner, while rising Belarusian Victoria Azarenka suffered a second-round setback at the $700,000 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.

The third-seeded U.S. Open runner-up and former world No. 1 Jankovic drubbed quality Slovak Dominika Cibulkova 6-1, 6-1, while the fourth-seeded world No. 8 Azarenka was stunned by capable Argentine clay-courter Gisela Dulko 6-4, 6-3 on the indoor red clay at Porsche Arena. This marks the first-ever WTA Tour event played on indoor clay.

Jankovic, who beat Russian Nadia Petrova in last year's Porsche finale, will meet emerging German Sabine Lisicki here on Thursday.

Wednesday's other seeded opening-round winners were No. 5 Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova and a No. 6 Petrova. The former U.S. Open champion Kuznetsova got past German qualifier Andrea Petkovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-1, while Petrova outlasted Chinese Zheng Jie 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. Petrova captured this event back in 2006.

In other first-round action, the big-serving Lisicki leveled struggling Swiss Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-3, Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova handled France's Alize Cornet 6-3, 6-1 and Italian Flavia Pennetta pasted Russian Anna Chakvetadze 6-2, 6-0. The 19-year-old Lisicki captured her first-ever WTA Tour title in Charleston just two weeks ago.

The second round will conclude here on Thursday, including matches for Jankovic, world No. 1 Dinara Safina and second-seeded Elena Dementieva. The Australian Open and French Open runner-up Safina will face Hantuchova, while the Olympic gold medalist Dementieva will encounter Hungarian Agnes Szavay. Hantuchova was a finalist here in 2002.

The 2009 Porsche titlist will pocket $107,000.

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