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Serbian pair through down under

Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic both produced mixed performances as they moved into the third round of the Australian Open with straight sets victories over Kirsten Flipkens and Alberta Brianti respectively.

Ivanovic struggled with her serve for large parts of her 6-3 6-2 win against Italian qualifier Alberta Brianti. But coupled with her regular forays to the net and Brianti's unforced errors she was able to negotiate her way to a third-round clash against Russian Alisa Kleybanova.

Jankovic was also relieved to have made it through after being put under pressure by Flipkens in her 6-4 7-5 win.

The 23-year-old will meet Ai Sugiyama in the third round, following the Japanese woman's 1-6 6-1 6-3 win against France's Natalie Dechy.

Third seed Dinara Safina was also forced to come from a set down against fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova to book her place in the next round.

Vera Zvonareva, the seventh seed, had a far easier time of it in her match, thumping Edina Gallovits 6-0 6-0. She will now play Sara Errani, who beat Monica Niculescu.

Alize Cornet, the 15th seed, conceded only one game on her way to a 6-1 6-0 thrashing of Andrea Petkovic.

She will meet Daniela Hantuchova following her three-set win against Matilde Johansson.

Other seeds to progress were Marion Bartoli, Nadia Petrova, Kaia Kanepi and Caroline Wozniacki.

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