Sharapova, Jankovic roll in DFS openers

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06/13/2007 - Birmingham, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - French Open semifinal losers Maria Sharapova and Jelena Jankovic were a pair of second-round winners Wednesday at the $200,000 DFS Classic.

The top-seeded Sharapova drilled American qualifier Lilia Osterloh 6-4, 6-0, while the second-seeded Jankovic handled Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4, 6-1 at Edgbaston Priory Club. The Russian Sharapova, who lost to Serbian Ana Ivanovic in the French Open semis last week, and the Serbian Jankovic, who gave way to world No. 1 Justine Henin at Roland Garros, enjoyed opening-round byes this week.

The U.S. Open champion, Aussie Open runner-up and former world No. 1 Sharapova was the back-to-back Birmingham titlist in 2004 and 2005.

Sharapova's third-round opponent here on Thursday will be Austrian Tamira Paszek, while Jankovic will encounter 16th-seeded Russian beauty Maria Kirilenko.

Four other seeds advanced here on Day 3, as No. 5 Marion Bartoli of France whipped British wild card Naomi Cavaday 6-3, 6-1; No. 6 Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko beat Taipei's Yung-Jan Chan 6-3, 6-4; No. 8 Italian Mara Santangelo edged out Indian Sania Mirza 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6); and No. 9 Ukrainian Julia Vakulenko snuck past Slovenian qualifier Andreja Klepac 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3.

Upsets came when qualifier Ayumi Morita took out her seventh-seeded fellow Japanese Ai Sugiyama 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 and Paszek drove out 13th-seeded American Meilen Tu 6-2, 7-6 (7-3).

In other second-round action, German Angelique Kerber doused American Ahsha Rolle 6-4, 6-1, Ukrainian qualifier Yuliana Fedak overcame Venezuelan Milagros Sequera 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 and American Vania King squeaked past Aussie Alicia Molik 7-6 (12-10), 6-4.

Birmingham serves as a tune-up for Wimbledon, which will commence in less than two weeks at the All England Club.

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