Jankovic Advances at French Open

Jelena Jankovic moved a step closer to her third straight semifinal appearance at the French Open, beating Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-1, 6-2 Thursday in the second round. (Wikimedia Images)"]

Jalena Jankovic lost in the semifinals at Roland Garros in each of the last two years. She made her first Grand Slam final at the 2008 U.S. Open.

Seventh-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia also advanced, beating Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan 6-0, 6-2. No. 24 Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada also won.

Later today No. 2 Serena Williams (+1200 favorite) is scheduled to play Virginia Ruano Pascual.

Maria Sharapova nearly ended up on the sidelines, but the unseeded Russian escaped the second round by hanging on to beat 11th-seeded Nadia Petrova 6-2, 1-6, 8-6. Top-seeded Dinara Safina and defending champion Ana Ivanovic also advanced.

Jelena Dokic (+375) and Elena Dementieva (-600) are set to square off today in what should be a great match. Get your French open odds with Bodog now.