Saturday, 14 April 2007, 19:52 GMT 20:52 UK
Jankovic defeats Venus in semis
Jelena Jankovic booked her place in the Family Circle Cup final with a 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7-5) win over Venus Williams.
Williams won four games in a row to take the opening set but lost a scrappy second after the Serbian second seed broke decisively in the eighth game.
Jankovic took the match with a winner that needed to be checked by the umpire after a topsy-turvy tie-break.
She now faces fourth seed Dinara Safina after Vera Zvonareva retired in their semi-final with the score at 6-3 0-1.
The all-Russian encounter was ended when Zvonareva decided not to risk further damage to a wrist injury.
"It just got really bad to the point I wasn't able to perform," she said.
It was the second match in a row Safina's opponent has retired.
Tatiana Golovin of France retired from their match on Friday at the end of the first set with an injured ankle.
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