体坛英语新闻：Jankovic eases past Venus Williams in Rome

ROME, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Two-time champion Jelena Jankovic bagged an easy 6-0, 6-1 win over Venus Williams in the quarterfinals of the Italian Opem WTA event here on Thursday.

The loss kept Venus from a semifinal meeting with her younger sister Serena Williams who overcame Maria Kirilenko 6-1, 6-4.

In the other half of the draw, former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic beat 14th-seeded Nadia Petrova 6-2, 7-5 and will face 26th-ranked Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain, who beat Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (6), 6-4.

Jankovic turned out to be the stable one, committing just one unforced errors in the first set to Venus' 11.

Jankovic won this clay-court warmup for the French Open in 2007 and 2008.