Janković reaches Toronto semis

Justin Henin and Jelena Jankovic, the tournament's top two seeds, advanced to the semis Friday at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. The Serb player closed in on her fifth title of the season, taming Virginie Razzano of France 7-5 6-2 to set up a final-four showdown with another Frenchwoman, Tatiana Golovin, who toppled third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 2-6 7-5 6-1. Jankovic reaches Toronto semis Jankovic, who had problems with the wind, seized command of a tight opening set when she broke Razzano to go up 6-5 then swept through the next five games to take the first set and 4-0 lead in the second. "Today was the strongest (winds) I have ever experienced," Jankovic told reporters. "I was struggling with my serve because the winds were very strong...I was struggling to put it in the box. Henin had a difficult time before finally eliminating sixth-seeded Nadia Petrova, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3. Jelena Jankovic (FoNet, archive)

Janković reaches Toronto semis

Janković, who had problems with the wind, seized command of a tight opening set when she broke Razzano to go up 6-5 then swept through the next five games to take the first set and 4-0 lead in the second.

"Today was the strongest (winds) I have ever experienced," Janković told reporters.

"I was struggling with my serve because the winds were very strong...I was struggling to put it in the box.

Henin had a difficult time before finally eliminating sixth-seeded Nadia Petrova, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3.