Jankovic reaches Bogota QFs
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Bogota, Colombia (SportsNetwork.com) - Reigning champion and former world No. 1 star Jelena Jankovic was an easy second-round winner Thursday at the Claro Open Colsanitas tennis event.
The top-seeded world No. 9 from Serbia handled Georgian qualifier Sofia Shapatava 6-4, 6-3 on the red clay at Centro de Alto Rendimiento.
Jankovic, who beat Argentine Paula Ormaechea in last year's Bogota finale, will meet Spanish qualifier Lara Arruabarrena in Friday's quarterfinals.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Meanwhile, promising fifth-seeded Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia overcame Montenegro's Danka Kovinic 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 and Arruabarrena dismissed a seventh- seeded Ormaechea 6-4, 7-6 (7-3).
Also on Day 4, Swiss Romina Oprandi took care of Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4, 6-1 and will meet Garcia in the round of eight.
The other quarters will pit sixth-seeded American Vania King against Colombia's Mariana Duque-Marino and eighth-seeded Spaniard Lourdes Dominguez Lino versus South African Chanelle Scheepers. Dominguez Lino titled here in 2006 and 2011 and was the runner-up in 2005, while the Bogota native Duque- Marino captured her hometown tournament in 2010.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The 2014 Bogota titlist will earn $43,000.