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Halep cruises past Jankovic

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Second seed Simona Halep held all 10 of her service games en route to a 6-3, 6-4 win over former world number one Jelena Jankovic at the WTA Tour’s Rogers Cup on Wednesday.
Playing for the first time since last month’s Wimbledon tournament, Halep fought off all three break points she faced and won 80 percent of her first serve points in the 81 minute second-round match.
Romania’s Halep advances to the third round where she will face number 13 seed Angelique Kerber who easily beat qualifier Monica Puig of Puerto Rico 6-2, 6-3. Halep’s win over Jankovic was much different than their previous five contests which were all close. They played a marathon three setter earlier this year at Indian Wells which Halep won 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Two-time Australian Open winner Victoria Azarenka upset third seeded Petra Kvitova 6-2, 6-3 to reach the third round.  
Fourth seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and Wimbledon finalist Garbine Muguruza were also sent crashing out of the event. The eighth seeded Muguruza lost 7-5, 6-1 to Lesia Tsurenko. The Ukrainian qualifier needed only 77 minutes to beat the 21-year-old Muguruza who has risen to number nine in the world after her run to the final at Wimbledon.
The Spaniard lost to Serena Williams in the final after beating four top-15 players at the All-England Club.  The top-ranked Williams will play her third-round match against Andrea Petkovic of Germany.
Wozniacki had just one ace and double faulted three times as she lost 7-5, 7-5 to Swiss Belinda Bencic. Fifth-seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia and sixth seeded Agnieszka Radwanska also advanced to the third round.

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