Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki advances to semis, Jelena Jankovic upset in Charleston

Wozniacki advances, Jankovic upset in Charleston

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki advanced to the semifinals of the Family Circle Cup with a 6-3, 6-4 win Friday over Nadia Petrova.

Second-seeded Jelena Jankovic was upset by Daniela Hantuchova 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.

In Saturday’s semifinal, Wozniacki will meet the winner of the match between Vera Zvonareva and Melanie Oudin of the United States.

“I feel like I’m playing very well,” said the second-ranked Wozniacki, who won last week at Ponte Verde Beach, Fla. “I’m very confident, and I’ve got some good results with my play.”

Jankovic breezed through the first set of her match, winning the first three games before Hantuchova broke her in the fourth. But Jankovic went down 0-4 to open the second set and never recovered.

“I played really well in the first set and I played really aggressive,” said Jankovic, ranked No. 7. “But then I just stopped and I especially had trouble hitting my backhand.”

It was Hantuchova’s first win against a Top 10 player in three years.

“Definitely, I felt very good on the court today, even though the first set was not easy,” Hantuchova said.

She decided to change her game after losing the first set.

“I tried to put a little more on the ball, move her a little more around and stay more aggressive, and that made the difference,” said the 24th-ranked Slovakian.

Hantuchova will play the winner of the match between Peng Shuai of China and fourth-seeded Samantha Stosur of Australia.