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Jankovic and Safina slip into semis at East West Classic

Fri 25th, July 2008

Carson, CA (Sports Network) - Top-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and fourth-seeded Russian Dinara Safina will meet in the next round of the $600,000 East West Bank Classic after their quarterfinal victories on Friday.

Ninth-seeded Russian Nadia Petrova gave Jankovic all she could handle, but the Serb slipped past for a 7-5, 6-4 win.

Safina, meanwhile, had little trouble with eighth-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, cruising to a 6-3, 6-1 trouncing.

The other semifinal match will pit wildcard Bethanie Mattek against 10th- seeded Flavia Pennetta.

Mattek, a Florida native, dispatched of Yuan Meng of China in a 6-2, 7-5 battle.

Pennetta needed all three sets to get by 14th-seeded Sybille Bammer of Austria. After winning the first-set tiebreaker, Pennetta dropped the second before overwhelming her opponent in the third set to come away with the 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-1 win.

2008 Wimbledon runner-up Serena Williams pulled out of the event on Tuesday due to a left knee injury.