Trio progress in Doha

Jankovic: Through to last four

I saw what happened to her yesterday but I just concentrated on trying to win the match and get through to the semi-finals.

Jelena Jankovic
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Jelena Jankovic booked her place in the semi-finals of the WTA Championships in Doha after beating Caroline Wozniacki 6-2 6-2.

In the pair's final match in the round robin phase, the former world number one capitalised on her relative freshness to dominate Wozniacki from the start.

By contrast, Wozniacki came into the match having already played two gruelling three-set matches, and had nothing left to give.

She was broken twice in the first set by Jankovic, who then raced into a 4-0 lead in the second before Wozniacki was able to muster a response.

"I didn't really know what to expect from her today," Jankovic said. "I saw what happened to her yesterday but I just concentrated on trying to win the match and get through to the semi-finals.

"I tried to dictate the points and attack because I know how good she is in the long rallies."

Azarenka meltdown

Wozniacki was left to wait on the final match of the White Group between Victoria Azarenka and late stand-in Agnieszka Radwanska before her place in the last four was also confirmed.

Victory would have been enough for Azarenka to move above Wozniacki in the table with a superior sets-difference.

And the Belarussian looked well on course when she opened a 6-4 5-2 lead over Radwanska, who was making her first appearance of the tournament in place of the injured Vera Zvonareva - herself an injury replacement for Dinara Safina.

However, Azarenka cracked under the pressure of serving for the match as Radwanska sensationally rattled off the next five games on the bounce to take the set and force a decider.

An injury to Azarenka's left leg really began to trouble her at the start of the third set and was clearly in pain as she struggled to move at any pace during rallies.

And despite battling hard to hold serve in the second game, she soon slipped 1-4 down as Radwanska took advantage with a succession of drop shots and the agony ultimately became too unbearable to continue.

Kuznetsova triumph

Meanwhile, Venus Williams joined sister Serena in the last four without hitting a ball after Svetlana Kuznetsova ended the hopes of Elena Dementieva with a 6-3 6-2 success in the final Maroon Group match.

Kuznetsova had no chance of reaching the latter stages of the competition after earlier defeats to both Williams sisters, but gained some compensation with a straight-forward triumph over her fellow Russian.

It was hard luck on Dementieva, who had beaten Venus on Tuesday but failed to qualify after the American finished with a superior sets tally despite losing two of her three matches.

Venus will play Jankovic in the last four, while Serena takes on Wozniacki.