Mon Jun 30 08:49:32 2008

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Venus wins, Jankovic falls at Wimbledon

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Wimbledon, England (Sports Network) - Defending champion Venus Williams reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon Monday, but second-seed Jelena Jankovic was not as lucky, falling to unheralded Thai Tamarine Tanasugarn.

The seventh-seeded Williams downed Alisa Kleybanova of Russia in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, while Jankovic of Serbia was dominated by Tanasugarn, 6-3, 6-2, who reached her first career grand slam quarterfinal.

The women's draw has now lost its top three seeds. World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic and former champion Maria Sharapova both exited the tournament earlier.