Serena dominates Sharapova, Jankovic crashes out of WTA clash

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CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AFP) — Serena Williams continued her domination of Maria Sharapova with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 win in the quarter-finals of the 1.3 million dollar WTA Family Circle Cup on Friday.

Williams improved to 5-2 overall against the Russian who lost for just the second time in 26 matches in 2008.

"In the third set I started to play the Serena game," said the fifth seeded American who has now won four straight against Sharapova. "I'm not new to this."

The tournament lost its top seed and defending champion as Serbian Jelena Jankovic was eliminated by ninth-seeded Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.

The defeat left Jankovic still in search of her first title of the season.

Zvonareva advanced to a meeting with fourth-seeded...