Jankovic defends Rome tennis title

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ROME (AFP) — Serbian defending champion Jelena Jankovic ended the giant-killing run of French qualifier Alize Cornet on Sunday at the WTA Rome International, trouncing the 18-year-old 6-2, 6-2.

Cornet had no answer for Jankovic's relentlessly consistent groundstrokes as the errors piled up, reducing her to tears at the changeover when she was trailing 1-4 in the second set.

Jankovic, 23, joins fellow Serbian Novak Djokovic in the winner's circle here after he defeated fast rising Swiss player Stanislas Wawrinka in the men's final of the Rome Masters a week ago.

"It's great for Serbian tennis," said Jankovic, ranked fourth in the world. "It's a Serbian revolution. I'm so happy Serbia is doing so well."

Jankovic, although she hardly showed it, said she...